Faithfull FAIPLANE5 No.5 Jack Vliegtuig in Houten Doos

I bought this just to see if those positive reviews could really be true for such a cheap plane, and because.. well it's dirt cheap so nothing much to lose, right? Well, this is easily one of the best tool purchases I've ever made.The milling and finishing is decent enough, and as a bonus the sides were pretty square to the sole so not much play with the lateral adjuster is necessary to use the plane in a shooting board. Only the frog required serious attention with a file. Specifically, the opening for the fastener screws was too narrow, and the slot for the position adjuster needed to be lowered and widened. It took all of 10 minutes to fix.You will have to make the obligatory fixes; flattening the sole, flattening the surface of the frog, sharpening the blade and making the chipbreaker fit snugly. This is a sometimes listed as a negative point in reviews which just shows the reviewers ignorance, since every single hand plane needs that initial setup, regardless of brand and price point. For an absolute beginner, it may seem slightly daunting, but it's really not difficult, and there's a thousand videos and articles on the web that describes the process in detail. Just be aware that it needs to be done, a hand plane does *not* come ready for use, and neither does this one. A Lie-Nielsen or Veritas might only require 10 minutes of setup, but planes in this low end of the price-range tend to require hours, a new Stanley might take days. I spend 2-3 hours on this one, most of it in regrinding the blade and chipbreaker because they were quite skewed. Personally, the grinding is somewhat neutral to me, since I always re-grind new blades to a higher angle anyways, but if someone expected to use this right out of the box then it would have been a bad experience.After the initial setup, this is a very high-performing tool. I've been using it on a variety of hard and soft woods, end-grain and in a shooting board.. it just works! It takes deep shavings, see-through shavings and anything in between, leaving a silky-smooth surface. The blade holds the edge well, adjusters operate smoothly and the whole plane is just rock-solid and nice to use. I am truly amazed at how good this plane turned out to be. Planes in this price range, or even twice or thrice the price, rarely gets much better than decent, but this one is a good as anything I've ever tried.Now, the thing with budget tools is that you might get lucky and get an awesome piece, like I did, and you might get a poor specimen. This is the first Faithfull plane I owned, so I can't say how consistent the quality is, but this surely was a positive surprise. The only thing that struck me as "cheap" was the wooden box it came in. The chipbreaker isn't super either, as it is very flexible and moves when it's tightened to the blade, so setting it right requires a little practice.A couple of things could be better, though neither is critical; the tote is really small, I can only get two fingers on it, lest it squezees my little finger. You'll need very small hands to grip it fully, but it turns out that resting the back of the hand on metal bottom and holding like you would a wooden plane is actually quite comfortable, so no big deal. The frog position screw can only be operated if both the tote and the depth adjuster knob is removed completely, again not such a big deal since I can't remember having ever used it on any of the planes I've ever owned.Had it cost three times as much, I'd given it a four star because of the handle size and the little hiccups with the frog, but I'll give it a solid 5 just for the value-for-money. If you're willing to put in a couple of hours to set it up and prep it for first use, you get a hand plane that easily compares with tools that are twice or thrice as expensive. It's not just "good enough", it's really good!

Rien a redire,tres belle facture,belle finition ,agréable a l'utilisation,le fer de coupe est bien,les pièces sont proprebien usinée,semelle d'équerre,juste un tout petit écart sur les joues mais vraiment rien d'alarmant.Donc rapport qualité prix,ça en vaut la peine .

Los que usamos esta clase de herramientas sabemos que ninguna, por cara que sea, viene perfecta para usarla, siempre hay que hacer algun ajuste, en este caso lo compre para mi nieto para que tuviera su primera herramienta mas o menos "profesional" o se acercara un poquito a serlo, me encontre con un cepillo con suela perfecta, CUCHILLA BIEN AFILADA, LO PONGO EN MAYUSCULAS POR QUE ES CASI INCREIBLE, lo unico que tuve que hacer es calibrar la contracuchilla que venia un poquito concava y no asentaba perfectamente en la cuchilla con la incomodidad que ello conlleva. yo uso otras marcas y este no tiene nada que envidiarlas, ademas la presentacion en caja de madera forrada esta muy bonita a mi nieto le encanto y yo quede muy satisfecho.

Not a bad plane for the price, the metal work is quite solid, with right angle sides, the sole is nearly flat, that can be achieved with a little tuning, there should be a little more attention paid to the finish of the wood pretty minor.The iron is on the thin side, but no different to the old Stanley planes, it is sharp and planed right out of the box.The box it came in is a nice touch, better than a lot of more expensive planes that come in a cardboard box.After polishing the iron, it cut hard wood with little effort, and that is the basic job of a plane, the experts may differ, but for my money it does just as good a job as more expensive versions, that I have tried.

I ordered one of these, but it had problems, so I ordered another one, thinking it might be a one defective item, but the second one was even worse.And the problems:Overall build quality is really poor. Lever cap thickness is not uniform. It is thicker on side than the other. And the blade, it is rust on several points, and has a big ump on the backside. The blade edge is not square to the side.