JORGENSEN NO.60-1/2 6-1/4" Wood Planer, Mini Hand Planer for Woodworking, Low Angle Block Plane, Small Hand Plane for Trimming, Wood Planing, Craft - Professional Ductile Iron Body, Adjustable Mouth

This plane is great, but it does require some sweat-equity.The caveats:1. As sold, the sole was concave and the sides were not parallel. Flattening the sole and sides was quick and easy with a disc sander. (Manual lapping would have taken ages.)2. The back of the blade required about 30 minutes of lapping to flatten on diamond stones.3. When storing the plane loosening the thumb wheel allows the lever-cap to detach. It would be nice to relieve the tension on the plane without allowing it to disassemble.All that said - the blade is thicker than with most cheap block planes, and it's held an edge well against cherry.All-in, this plane is an excellent value.

I bought this plane a few weeks ago. Starting right from unpacking everything was a pleasant surprise because this thing is very low priced but the quality is very impressive. Going through the set up process was very quick because I really go a good one. The sides were dead square to the bottom. The bottom plane surface took just a few minutes to get it flat. The blade was a big surprise ! When checking for flat it was hollowed just like a Japanese chisel. That was pure luck. Sharpening took just a reasonable time and I was able to put the best razor edge I've done to date. After reassembly and getting the blade right, it planed beautifully. Really good fit in my hand, super comfortable. Nice weight. Bottom line, this is a terrific buy ! They nailed it with this one same as the mini plane. It's a gem too. After set up these easily perform as well as th much higher priced planes, and I have a few of those.

I own a few planes, craftsman, Dunlop, and Sargent. And this plane itself is a beast of a plane, beautiful whispy shavings, or you can hog out any material, it’s fairly simple to adjust the cutting edge to get that perfect shine you want when taking material off for flatness. All in all it’s a great investment and it definitely will make great work of future projects!

Functional little plane. It cuts fine shavings right out of the box and with a bit of fiddling, it can be made to work well. It is a good value for the price but it can be frustrating to use because the adjusters are very sloppy, rough, and not refined such as in my Veritas block plane or even an old Sanley. It has no lateral adjuster, so you have to use a hammer to adjust it laterally. Also, tightening the cap iron shift causes the blade to laterally shift. Mouth adjustment is very crude, not smooth at all, and changes from where you set it as you tighten the knob. Machining is adequate but not the best. The blade depth adjust is not smooth and has excessive backlash. The blade itseld is excellent, made of good steel and well sharpened. The reasons I gave it 4 starts are the price and once you get this plane set (if you have the patience for it) it works very well.

Out of the box it was ready to go. I disassembled it and looked all the parts over carefully. The dole was dead flat. I found no sloppy machine work. The blade was also flawless. I reassembled it and did some planing. This tool worked perfectly.

This is a well made plane. Feels great in the hand. I use it for thinning down leather. The DIAL is wonderful for setting the amount of cut that it makes. I’m pretty good at sharpening and the blade holds an edge quite wellG 😊

I had my eye on this block plane for a while but the negative reviews about how the sole is ground gave me pause. When I finally bought it I found the sole was not perfectly flat and the sides were not square to the sole but it planed wood very nicely right out of the box. I compared it to a vintage Stanley 60 1/2 and found the Stanley to have all the same issues. It feels very good in the hand and produces a nice surface and fine shavings. The blade tensioning and depth adjusters are nice and operate smoothly. I am very happy with this block plane.

It's the best block plane for it's price point, but whether or not it's a good product depends on your use case. If you're a framer or need it for rough carpentry work, it's a great option. If you're a cabinetmaker or do any fine woodworking, you'll likely want to look at a better option (Lie-Nielsen, Veritas, etc.).In my experience, the sole wasn't flat and the iron bed was pretty roughly machined. The body isn't terrible but it isn't that precise either (though it's defects are mostly well covered by a thick body of paint). The mouth portion of the sole is visibly not in the same plane as the rest of the sole and has been strangely prone to rusting (but not the rest of the sole for some reason). The iron of course needed a fair bit of sharpening to be effective, though at that's generally true and especially so at this price point.