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Authorised Dealer  |  Clifton  |  SKU: CLIPLAJAC5

Clifton No 5 Jack Plane

Regular price £408.23
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Description

Clifton e - No 5 Jack Plane is the "jack of all trades", a mid-sized plane that can be used for smoothing and flattening medium sized timbers.  Clifton Bench Planes are crafted from the finest materials and hand finished in Sheffield - the body and frog are made from accurately machined grey cast iron with their sides and sole fully ground.  This is the smaller of the Jack Planes in the Clifton Bench Planes range.

Clifton Plane cutting irons are made from O1 Steel. This bench plane's cutting iron is 2" wide and 3mm thick, increasing rigidity, with a hardness of 60-62 Rockwell C, and the cryogenic treatment means that these blades will hold their edge even longer. Clifton blades have a reputation as quick to hone whilst producing one of the finest sharp edges available ... the utopia that all blade makers strive for!

The Frog and Frog Seating in the body of these Bench planes is based on the Bedrock design, first seen on early Stanley planes, meaning the seating pad in the body is fully machined flat to mate with an equivalent full face and machined, underside of the Frog. This ensures absolute stability of the Frog, providing a firm and solid surface for the cutting iron, which again rests on a fully machined upper side of the Frog. When used with the extra thick Clifton Cutting Iron and Clifton Two Piece Cap Iron, this design has probably the most rigid and effective clamping mechanism of any Bench plane available.

The accuracy of this mechanism allows for the Cutting Iron to be advanced to give a virtually "Zero" mouth opening, allowing the finest shavings to be taken even on the most difficult of timbers. The Bedrock design uniquely allows the mouth width to be adjusted without dismantling the Frog and Iron assembly.

So, to adjust the mouth width, the Frog should be moved backwards or forwards by loosening the outside two of the three screws located at the back of the Frog seating pad (underneath the adjusting wheel), then turning the central screw either clockwise to close the mouth or anti-clockwise to open.

The Cap Iron is a one piece design giving rigid clamping and the Frog locating pins and screws are made from polished and ground stainless steel. The Lever Cap is made from grey polished Cast Iron with the Screws and Adjusting Wheel from polished brass. The Y Lever is a solid one-piece casting and the Adjusting Lever and most other components are made from polished stainless steel. 

The Knob and Handle are carefully shaped from Bubinga hardwood sanded to fit your hand perfectly and sealed giving a very tactile and comfortable plane. 

Peter Sefton, owner of Wood Workers Workshop, is very proud to have been part of the development team when the new cryogenically treated high carbon steel blades used in Clifton Planes were developed.  His working knowledge and experience of sharpening and woodworking helped develop the improved plane blades that are presently in production and made entirely in Sheffield.

Blade: Carbon Steel O1 - 3mm (0.120") thick cryogenically hardened to 60-62 Rockwell C 

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Same-Day Dispatch

Orders placed before 2pm (Monday–Friday) are usually dispatched the same day. All deliveries are fully trackable.

UK Mainland Delivery Options

Service Price Delivery Time / Notes
FREE UK Delivery FREE (orders over £85) 1–2 days
Economy Delivery £4.50 2–3 days
Standard Delivery £5.95 1–2 days
Express Next Day £7.99 Next working day — orders placed by 2pm (Mon–Thurs)
Express Pre-Noon £15.95 Next working day before noon — orders placed by 2pm (Mon–Thurs)
Saturday Delivery £25.50 Saturday delivery — orders placed by 2pm Friday
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Kim Gowney
A tool for life

Very nice to use, heavy in comparison to a standard stanley, but this adds to the momentum when planing and it feels rock solid when in use, this makes it feel well under control too. The blade sharpens up as you would expect for a tool of this class and I had no difficulty getting a mirror finish. I did though have occasion to plane up a small amount of Teak, this quite quickly put tiny notches in the blade (it does the same thing to High speed steel tools on the lathe) which meant a resharpen was needed pretty quickly, but it did the job and now it's sharp again. Very happy with it.

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RICHARD PHILLIPS
The Clifton Jack plane

At over £300 this is my most expensive hand tool. I have wanted to replace the Sheffield made plane my father bought me as a teenager and was horrified to discover 99% of planes, even the British named brand planes you can buy are now Chinese made. The Clifton is 100% British and although you could get seven or eight planes of some makes for the price we are not talking about the same sort of tool at all.
The Clifton Jack plane is bigger and heavier than I expected and so feels solid, stable and under control in the hand. It shaves the thinnest almost transparent shavings as soon as you take it out of its wrapping. From the walnut handles to the mirror flat polished sole plate it exudes quality and solidness of construction. One of the reasons I got it was one of the Axminster planes I bought developed a crack in the cast iron sole plate and Axminster were not interested in replacing it, much to my surprise.
The Clifton plane adjusts easily, looks gorgeous, takes the finest of shavings leaving a perfectly smooth surface on softwood and I am afraid I just occasionally take it out of the drawer to admire it, it is so solidly built and beautiful.
I have three sons or son in law’s and my only dilemma is who gets it when I’m gone.5 stars
So I wanted a quality English tool to value and this plane is a thing of beauty.

Excellent Service

"The technical support and customer service I’ve received has been truly exceptional - world class and especially nice given it’s a rarity these days."

★★★★★
Andy D

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