well I've been reading as much as I can find on hand planes and it seems some people say new stanley planes are bad. seems like the only planes people say are good are old ones restored or ones that are 200-500 bucks. I did see on highlandwoodworking that they say the stanleys they get from the UK are the original bailey design except with plastic handles.
they are a little more expensive than "normal" stanley's I saw. I wonder if those are good? seems most people talk about lie-nielsen, clifton, and lee valley planes. Lee Valley cost less than the other 2 but still over 200 for a hand plane seems insane at my stage of tool collecting.
So hmm! who knows. the more I read the more skeptical I am of buying anything.
I also saw on toolking a reconditioned dewalt dw718 miter saw is 460. 100 bucks less than their normal price. anybody know if its worth going for a reconditioned tool to save some bucks? I don't want to be too cheap and end up with something that doesn't work properly. |