9.3/4" Handyman Fine Grey Iron Plane, 1-12-0204

Glad that it still is the quality that I am used to from Stanley

Seems good, but a present so son hasn’t usd yet

The handyman plane comes in a plastic package which makes it seem like a poor tool in my opinion. The plane comes with all the defects common of these tools when they are new. The lower part of the body is not flat and it requires a lot of grinding before you can have the start middle and back of the plane in one line. the spor where the frog is mounted is covered by the black paint used on the plane...which means filing is required to be able to properly mount the frog. The frog itself is also fully painted so filing is really needed in order to have the blade rest in an adequate position. Basically this tool needs a ton of tuning before use. Moreover the blade is supplied with an angle that is different from the recommended in the instructions so it will be necessary to hone it to the recommended angle. Once the tune up process is complete, the plane works really well. The blade is made from good steel and keeps the edge really well.

This is a poor quality version on the No.4 Smoothing plane. The frog is a cheap casting, the handle is plastic and there are 2 adjuster screws been left out on this model. The overall appearance is rough and ragged. It is also badly packages. On stripping it down, I found the iron is of poor quality and the edge is no where near square. So major surgery is required to get it in shape. I would have returned it but have already started to get into working order. Stanley had a world reputation for being the best in its field for hand tools. In my opinion, they have given up on quality for profit.

fitted a door

I bought this plane because of its name, BIG MISTAKE, because on adjusting the blade the thread stripped on the “high impact polystyrene knob” I’ve had a footprint one for 50 years and it still works as sweet as a nut, Polystyrene is a fancy name for plastic and that’s all it is, I should have bought one with a steel or brass knob. Stanley could do, and should do, better.

Great buy!

Received in good time. Not a lot I can say about this item. It does a good job. Easy to fine adjust the blade. Yes it's ok. Perhaps a little heavy but this could be the sign a good quality.

La foto no se corresponde con el producto. Engañoso a todas luces. Decepcionante, sin más explicaciones. No me lo esperaba

No muy bueno, la cuña que sujeta la cuchilla viene bastante romo y hace que la viruta se clave entre la cuchilla y la cuña,. Y es complicado sacar una tira de viruta fina y larga

J'ai pu utiliser ce rabot dès sa livraison, le réglage et l'affutage de la lame étaient parfait.

ما احببته هيكل المنتج من مواد جيدة وذات شكل جميل ، ما لم احبه هو وجود صعوبة في ضبط شفرة القطع بالإضافة الى اني بعد استلامي للفأرة وجدت كسر في شفرة القطع

Schöner Hobel, musste nichts nacharbeiten, hobelt und glättet, Messer vorher nochmal abgezogen. Negativ ist die Plastikmutter zum verstellen des Eisens, hoffe sie hält.