Choose a bevel-up jack plane to level up your plane game. The Wood magazine put nine low-angle jack planes through their paces to see which models edged out the competition.
The Top Value award was a tie and goes to the Melbourne and Stanley planes. Melbourne is a newcomer, but it pleasantly surprised us with an affordable price and performance just a shaving’s thickness below the Veritas and Lie-Nielsen. And even though it’s the lowest-priced plane in our test, the Stanley performed better than several of the other planes that cost more.
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