Comments on: The Lie-Nielsen No. 51 in Use

By: daiku

daiku — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:11:06 +0000

I need the left hand version. We are out here!

By: pjped

pjped — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:03:03 +0000

What a great time for quality tools. This No. 51 is worth every penny, I just wish I had enough pennies.

By: Mitch Wilson

Mitch Wilson — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:28:34 +0000

Also, let’s not forget that the LN 51 is a right-handers plane. No sinister handles.

By: GordonC

GordonC — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:45:58 +0000

Got a chance to use both the 51 and 9 on a 5 degree angled shooting board at the Manchester, CT LN Tool Event. The additional mass makes the job much easier, but I will stick with my LN 9 and just push a little harder. Denab was especially helpful in setting up my 164 finisher and determining the problems with my old LN block skew. It seems the latter cutters, I have 3, were groung at too steep an angle and will be re-ground to 18 degrees by LN.

By: tsstahl

tsstahl — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:08:04 +0000

I was at a hobby store the other day watching a custom frame job. They were using a machine was pretty much just a shooting board and plane on training wheels. I’m betting that machine cost way more than a LN 51.

By: philjohnwilliams

philjohnwilliams — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:15:48 +0000

I had a chance to try this plane at the Lie-Nielsen tool event in Montreal a few weeks back. Very nice tool, but probably beyond my budget for the foreseeable future. Also got to try some of Konrad Sauer’s planes. That was an experience I will not soon forget.

By: atleast27things

atleast27things — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:48:15 +0000

Last Thursday I had the good fortune of a personal dovetail lesson from Deneb at Lie-Nielsen. After watching him use the #51 to square up drawer sides, I know I need it. I didn’t know what square was.

By: Niels

Niels — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:47:13 +0000

*drools into my keyboard*

By: benchdog

benchdog — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:06:06 +0000

Like Mark, I too would like to see a nice plow plane from L/N. Guess I’ll finally have to cave and get one from Lee Valley because i’m tired of waiting!

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:55:48 +0000

A sweet tool and well made to be sure but I always thought it odd that Lie-Nielsen chose to produce this form of plane. I heard Tom himself say they were getting a significant number of requests for it so I suppose there was enough interest out there for it. Personally, I’d really love to see them offer a well designed plow plane but perhaps the customer base is, overall, still overwhelmingly in favor of routers. Someday perhaps.