Bull Nose Plane- Why?

Re: Bull Nose Plane- Why?

Lyn J. Mangiameli

>Stopped grooves, dadoes, rebates, or for that matter working near to any obstruction (triming doorframes for example). Not one of my favorite tools, but often a most helpful one.

Sometimes one can go far with a cranked neck chisel almost as well, but nothing insures good 90 degree meeting of the side and bottom like a shoulder and bullnose combination.

Re: Bull Nose Plane- Why?

Jim in Burlington Ontario

>I asked the same question before buying the LV one. Actually they are very usefull for stopped dado's I wish it was a little thinnger say 3/4" or so. Truth be told mine gets less than 1 percent of all hand tool use. It also doubles as a chisel plane which has come in handy several times. From glue removal to trimming for those of us with unsteady hands.

Re: Bull Nose Plane- Why?

joel

>A bullnose plane is like a lot of specialty planes - totally useless except when it is isn't - and at that point you will be really happy to have one.

Re: well put!

paul womack

>...just like a side rebate.

BugBear

Why?

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Because there fun. Cute little things you can coddle with one hand. Heck get two, one for each hand.

They like the company of a chisel plane too...

That way they get don't get lonely sitting in the plane till unused. Until the day that Joel talks about comes...

Re: Why?

William R. Duffield on the Cohansey

>"One for each hand" makes sense when considering side rabbet planes, but perhaps less so for bullnose planes. If you had two, you might be tempted to throw the green one at a varmint howling on the back fence.

;-)

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

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