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Spear & Jackson CSP4 No. 4 Smoothing Plane

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Style: No. 4


Features

  • Ideal for cabinet work and general joinery
  • Cast iron body
  • Precision milled base and faces
  • 2 inch (50mm) wide, high carbon steel blade
  • Brass adjusting screw
  • Base Length: 248.0 2mm
  • Base Width and Depth: 63 x 42 1mm
  • Spare blades are available to fit this plane CSP4BLADE

Description

Ideal for cabinet work and general joinery. Cast iron body. Precision milled base and faces. 50mm wide high carbon steel blade. Brass adjusting screw. Base Length: 248.0 ± 2mm. Base Width and Depth: 63 x 42 ± 1mm. Spare blades are available to fit this plane CSP4BLADE.


Brand: Spear & Jackson


Material: Wood


Item Dimensions LxWxH: 9.84 x 2.36 x 5.31 inches


Item Weight: 4 Pounds


Style: No. 4


Brand: ‎Spear & Jackson


Material: ‎Wood


Item Weight: ‎4 Pounds


Style: ‎No. 4


Power Source: ‎Hand Powered


Included Components: ‎1 x Spear & Jackson CSP4 No. 4 Smoothing Plane


Product Dimensions: ‎9.76"L x 2.48"W x 1.65"H


Manufacturer: ‎Spear & Jackson


Part Number: ‎CSP4


Item Weight: ‎3.97 pounds


Country of Origin: ‎India


Item model number: ‎CSP4


Item Package Quantity: ‎1


Batteries Required?: ‎No


Date First Available: March 18, 2019


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  • Good but with a key error
Style: No. 3
Overall, this might be good to learn to fettle a plane or if you already know how. A true beginner might be very frustrated with this tool. For the price, it is a good value as long as you know what you are getting into. I have to commend S&J for making a number 3 at this price, and compared to any other source of number 3 planes, this is a tremendous deal. But there were some quality control issues. The casting was dead flat on the sole and perfectly square on both sides. This was excellent. It is also a thick casting that feels very solid. The chip breaker is on the cheap side, but not too bad and doesn't need to be fancy to work. The blade and chipbreaker were ground well enough and didn't require much to make perfectly flat. The chipbreaker did have a rounded edge I didn't like, so I spent 30 min turning that into a bevel-type edge and ensuring it was flat against the blade. After using, I think the iron quality is basically fine, no obvious issues there. The wheel mechanism is OK, better than some other cheapo models. It is smooth, but it does have some slop. The pressed metal piece that links with the blade itself to advance it was too loose against its mounting pin. So I hammered a nail to remove that cross pin from the frog, and then hammered the eyelet openings the pin runs through to smush them a bit and make the fit tighter. No more slop there. The frog is the big problem. Mine had a casting that wasn't properly milled, as the factory left a wad of iron around the screw hole that interfered with the screw height. It raised the screw head against the blade until it made the blade ride above the frog bed! I used a drill and a thin HSS chisel to gouge that blob of iron out so that the blade would seat properly. A normal person would send it back rather than do this. There were also some small chips on the edges of the frog bed casting, but nothing that affects performance. The mouth had some extra iron near a corner that needed very careful filing out for the blade to seat properly on the mouth. The mouth is pretty open for a smoother, so I bought a thicker iron that's in the mail now. I used a hand file to go over the frog bed and other parts that needed to be flat. Overall except for the big stupid errors, the castings of the frog and body are quite good, if that makes sense...and especially compared to other planes in its class. It's as if nobody checked this one, quite strange. The handle will need some TLC to get it more comfortable. It's a nice wood and not sloppy at all but truly needs reshaping with files because some edges bit into the palm too much. After spending an afternoon getting everything as tuned as I could, I got decent 2-2.5 thou shavings and pretty good performance. I still think there's more fine tuning possible based on the results I'm getting so far. It doesn't feel as smooth as an old stanley 4, but I hope I can improve that. Overall, I'm happy to have a no 3 size for the price, and I'm treating it like a thrift store find, so I'm happy to put in work as its own project. In truth, nobody needs a number 3, so most people will regard this as a side project. For that, it is rewarding. I do wish the S&J markings were more than a light little etch on the side. But that's just me. A stamp on the iron would be a nice touch, for instance. A proper chipbreaker would also be fitting. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2023 by TN

  • It takes some tuning but it's serviceable. Beginners read on.
Style: No. 4
If you are a beginner, and have the need for #4 then this plane is for you. Know this, I have a Stanley #62 low angle plane and a Wood River #5 1/2. Any new hand plane takes some prep. This plane is no exception. The one major thing that **ANY** plane must have is an absolute flat sole. My Stanley and Wood River planes were perfectly flat. That is the one area this plane fails at. Fortunately it's not so far out that it's not correctable. It will take an hour or so smoothing on a flat surface to get it close enough were it's good enough. The Good: 1. Price, Keep in mind that you get what you pay for. 2. The lever cap prep took about 25 minutes 3. The Chip breaker took only about 5 minutes of prep time and was pretty much flat. 4. The blade was straight and flat. It took about 20 minutes to have it very sharp. The Bad: 1. The sole is going to take some time to get prepped. 2. The blade is very thin, too thin really. If their blade was .030 thicker I would buy a dozen of these. 3. The frog I is not machined as good as it could be. I did flatten it as best I could. 4. I'm not a fan of this style lever cap. But it's functional. All said it's a really good value. I was able to get it taking .001 shavings within an hour. A thicker blade and a more traditional lever cap along with a better sole surface grind at the factory would make this plane a strong competitor to some planes that are literally 10X the price. If you are a beginner, I can not stress enough the prep stage of **ANY** plane. Do a YouTube search for a video called 32 seconds to sharp. I won't mention his name here, but the person teaching this is giving you a master class in hand planes and how and why they operate. Know this, a properly sharpened and prepared hand plane makes your wood prep so smooth there isn't a grade of sandpaper that can make it smoother. I make cutting boards and picture frames out of hardwood. I don't use sandpaper. That is the kind of precision a properly tuned hand plane can get you. Once the prep is done all you ever have to do after is sharpen your blade. The rest is a 1 time thing. You do need a few other tools to achieve this. I have a diamond plate with 400 and 1000 grit, this is used to prep your sharpening stones and to do some blade prep. I have a 1000/6000 whet stone and a 12,000 grit stone. You also need a small thin 6" pocket rule. Watch the video and learn their use. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2023 by James W. Daubney

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