I bought mine to make scarf angles on a 2'×3' repair of fuel tanks on a Bellanca aircraft. It has 4 fuel tanks. It is made of 3/16" high grade luan plywood. The scarf is critical for bonding with the specified glue (Cascophen, a 2 part powder and resin mix containing huge amounts of formaldahyde) and needs to be a 1 and 1/4" wide. It was a pain in the ass. I do sheetmetal. This tool is a very nice one for such critical tasks. Surprisingly cheap at less than $10. Flatening the sole is quite easy with sandpaper and any flat surface. Mine didn't need that nor any major honing. It lives in my livingroom with my getting large collection of bench and long planes. I give this little guy 3👍👍👍. My crown jewel of planes is a Baily #8 complete and useable. I have found these tools to be a nice escape from the digital world!
I use this plane to take the lip off the edge of laminate click-lock type flooring when you dont have room to snap together. This lets it slip in from the side, wood glue holds it. A cheap life saver
I used one of these to do woven corners on cedar siding and for adjusting the width on the center shake when 2 people worked from both ends of a wall. The blade seemed to sharpen itself on the cedar. I only sharpened it when the blade became concave from thousands of passes.
