Palm Smoothing Plane
This Palm Smoothing plane is your best friend for trimming and touch up work. It has a higher blade pitch (of 60 degrees) to deal with cranky and hard timbers, but is also at home on soft woods. You can also reverse the blade to use it as a 90 degree cabinet scraper. Used for final Smoothing or trimming of any small timber surface. Perfect for making small boxes out of decorative solid timber or veneers, or for the final finishing work on a near complete cabinet.
This gidgee palm smoothing plane is 125mm long x 38mm wide x 25mm high. Weighs 250grams and has a 30mm wide x 3mm thick x 65mm long HSS 18% Tungsten blade hardened to Rc 62.
beautiful plane
wonderful plane. i have literally used it to plane a slice of burl. no tear out!
United StatesAmazing tool
It was definitely love at first pass with this little plane, it throws shavings so joyously on just about any timber. I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the larger smoother pretty soon after giving this one a go, now saving for one of those gorgeous spokeshaves. Terry makes some of the most beautiful and functional tools I’ve seen anywhere, excited to use them for many years.
SwitzerlandNear Perfect Palm Smoothing Plane...
As always, I look forward to the arrival of tools from HNT Gordon. I suppose this is intensified by the current Covid-state of the planet. So I was very pleased when my parcel from Australia arrived at home in Zurich. Due to ongoing work, I waited a few days before examining and setting up my new plane. As such, I was surprised on close inspection to discover several sharp chips in left lower edge of the planing surface at the intersection with the plane body. My heart obviously sunk. None the less, I decided to act immediately and attempt to remove these chip which seemed brittle. Therefore they needed to be removed or else they would increase in size. So I sanded them out with a fine grit on both edges, and included a micro chamfer on the side-to-plane face “corner.” I was sad to make this operation, but the result hasn’t too adversely altered the planing surface. None the less, I was surprised to receive an HNT in this condition, especially with my previous experience of near-perfection in everything I’ve ordered. Though now its set-up, it feels good in the hand and though I played with a little wood, I’ve not yet put it to a suitable task. This will happen shortly, which I’m looking forward to. Thanks for your amazing dedication to the continued development of HNT tools. Very best, Sean Blem
Australia United StatesWonderful craftsmanship!!!
I love my new HNT Gordon palm smoothing plane. The only problem is that now I want more of their tools:)