Lie-Nielsen #5 1/2 "Hybrid"

Re: Lie-Nielsen #5 1/2 "Hybrid"

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>Seems to me that lining up the iron would be the real problem. I find having good control of the lateral adjust is one of the most important parts of using a plane without getting a bunch of plane tracks on the wood. You could invent ways to work around this, but why not just buy an old #4 bailey?

Re: Lie-Nielsen #5 1/2 "Hybrid"

John Hoffman

>I also have the 41/2 with the York pitch. I don't have problems pushing it although I am only taking a very thin shaving. If you are going to take a lot of wood off in each pass the plane may be hard to push but I am not sure how much easier the regular pitch would make it. I heard that Charlesworth uses the 5 1/2 for everything.

Re: Lie-Nielsen #5 1/2 "Hybrid"

Frank D. in Montreal

>Hi BOb,

Why not just get a hold of a nice old #5 to do the rougher work? You can sharpen the #5 with a slight camber, it'll be easy to push and will work very quickly. It shouldn't cost you much more than the price of a LN blade. You won't need a high angle unless you are using highly figured wood. Then you grab your 5 1/2 (which will stay sharp longer if you use the #5 for the rough work) or your 4 1/2 and smooth it out. You shouldn't have trouble pushing the 5 1/2 if you take thin shavings and your blade is sharp.

I think you are...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Splitting hairs. I don't find it any harder to push a plane with a york pitched frog. Unless I'm taking a rank shaving.

Just take more beer breaks...;^)

Re: Lie-Nielsen #5 1/2 "Hybrid"

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>I think I would swap frogs. Use the 5 1/2 with the lower pitch frog as your foreplane, taking a bit heavier cut, to get ithe board basically flat and fairly smooth, then your 4 1/2, with the higher pitch frog, set to take a very light cut, to do your final smoothing. If you are working with tame wood, you might be able to quit after the 5 1/2.

Re: Lie-Nielsen #5 1/2 "Hybrid"

Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>Hi Bob,

Think you are splitting hairs. I don't have a 45 degree frog so I can't comment on that but you can use your LN 5 blade and chipbreaker in the 5.5 but I don't think it will make a difference as you are going to require more passes (narrower blade) to flatten that panel

Cheers

Dan Clermont

Re: Lie-Nielsen #5 1/2 "Hybrid"

Dave Thompson - Champaign IL

>I bought one of these (LN5.5 w/York) when they came out and have always enjoyed the weight/feel of it (...kinda why I'm looking forward to that white bronze 4.5 with York ;-) ). I use it as a "fine" jack plane when my other jack planes are giving me some tear out on figured wood.

Regarding the drag, have you tried waxing the sole? It usually makes a huge difference.

Re: Lie-Nielsen #5 1/2 "Hybrid"

Pippip

>Hi there!,

Now you've got me thinking - "White Bronze 5 1/2" What, where , who, how much...? Tell me, tell me. Please

Re: Lie-Nielsen #5 1/2 "Hybrid"

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>Whoa, you're getting a bit too excited there. Go back and read the post a bit more carefully. The 4 1/2 is supposed to be coming out as a 25th aniversary Special Edition. If you want more info, go to the Chat Room, and read the log of the recent Thomas Lie-Nielsen conversation.

Re: Lie-Nielsen #5 1/2 "Hybrid"

Dave Thompson - Champaign IL

>Ha! Glad to hear similar enthusiam. Sorry though, I don't know anything about a white bronze 5 1/2. In the dialog last week with Tom Lie-Nielsen, he said one plane they were considering for a special 25th aniversary (next year) was a white bronze 4 1/2.

Re: Lie-Nielsen #5 1/2 "Hybrid"

Bob Dodge

>Hi Frank,

Actually, I do already have an old Millers Falls #5. In my own situation, I'd probably be fine simply using the 5 1/2 "as is".

I only mentioned the possible iron swap out of curiousity over whether it could be done. I had just had a conversation with someone, and the subject of pushing a wider blade vs a narrower blade came up, and more specifically, for flattening panels. The other gentleman suggested that he preferred working with a narrower plane/blade because he felt it was easier to push, especially when you're flattening quite a few panels in one session.

Bob