Spear & Jackson CJP5 Carpenters No.5 Jack Plane

Update 24/06/2020:Just a few nit-picks, since I stripped the whole plane down today.I noticed the handle has, like, a burn near the bottom, but it could just be a knot, maybe the wood swelled at the knot where it interacted with the coating or something, but the finish on the wood seems a bit rough all over in general. Not a big deal considering the price of the plane.When I removed the handle (tote), I saw that the bolt that holds it on was quite rusty; pretty weird as the rest of the plane looks pristine, but still no big deal.The bolt on the adjustment knob has some imperfections, meaning the adjustment knob gets a little bit stuck around the middle, a little annoying but not much of a problem, and will probably improve over time..The frog needed a bit of smoothing as the finish was, again, a bit rough, and just about every surface where the frog meets the base was either rough, uneven, had overspills of paint, or was just not sitting correctly. A bit annoying.. I spent a few hours smoothing, grinding, checking, everything.Still, I'm not going to remove any stars, because I like the plane, and it worked great even before I went at it (yes, it works better now) and I don't see these things being a deal breaker. I mean, if you're looking for the absolute perfect plane then you should probable be spending a few hundred quid for something where somebody is going to go and grind and smoothen everything perfectly for you, time is money as they say.But if you're looking for something to take a shaving from your door that swells in the winter, or you're new to woodwork, or you don't mind the little imperfections, or if you want to put in the time yourself getting it perfect, then this is definitely a good choice.It feels really solid, I'd definitely prefer this to one of those plastic handled planes, or the cheap looking ones with the tiny blades and the little spokeshave adjustments.I have a few old refurbished no. 4 planes, but I always reach for this one when I work on anything large or tough, the extra weight and momentum is great. But probably not good for planing a door in situ..It even has a frog adjustment screw which I'm pretty sure you wouldn't usually get on a cheap plane. Albeit it also took a bit of filing to get it working right.I definitely has some fun tweaking this plane, and I'll probably do some more to it as time goes on. It's a fun project!Original Review:No complaints. I'm not an expert, but this has been working fine for me so far. I think it was fairly sharp out of the box, but I sharpened it myself anyway and gave everything a bit of a smoothing/grinding.All the adjustments work, it feels good and solid.Even if it wasn't sharp out of the box you can't really complain anyway. I mean, it's a plane, you're probably going to be sharpening it every few days anyway, and tweaking, and smoothing parts of it.Great for the price.

This was reduced as it was from Amazon Warehouse. Sole plate is quite scratched but my husband will keep it and polish it up. Good solid piece of kit.

bought for my boyfriend on his birthday, he loves it! would recommend

Good plane for the price. I was originally put off by negative reviews, but decided to proceed & am pleased I did. The casting appears to be straight, and it did a good job on the door I was fitting. Very pleased with service I received from the supplier EBSL, who resolved an issue very quickly without having to return the item.

I am a retired carpenter . I tried putting an edge on this blade the metal is full of voids creating chips and being unable to maintain an edge ..save your money and buy a secondhand stanley or record

Brilliant plane and would recommend the product to anyone, I honed the blade myself to give me the perfect polished edge and I get very fine results with it

Once setup took me 3 hours to flattenBottom and sharpen iron and found cutting iron was bent so didn't fit flat in frog , very disappointed, for its a very nice plane.

Initially, I was pleased with this plane as my first "proper" plane. It is a heavy, solid casting and all the parts seemed substantial well milled and up to the task. I sharpened the blade and set it to work, moving all the parts to see how they changed the cut on a piece of 2x3 redwood. The shavings were pleasing, if a little narrow, which I put down to me being a newby at planing, but I soon had a pleasing pile of long shavings. Coming back to it the following day, the shavings seemed to be being cut the full width of the mouth of the plane, but I had to remove the blade as the chipbreaker became clogged with shavings. I removed the blade and cleaned it off, only to find when I put the 3 pieces back together the screw that holds them in place started spinning in the thread. I got it tight again only for the screw to slip the next time I went to make a shaving. Looking at the screw it seemed fine, but the threaded hole in the casting was misshapen, hence the spinning screw. I have returned it and am now looking at something a little more expensive with a hope of a comparative increase in build quality. Overall? Disappointing.

I will admit i had very low expectations for this. Youtube woodworkers have jaded me to only valuing a plane if its an 1800 stanley. or priced in the $300 range. This was a gift from my wife. and i fake smiled as i opened it. threw it on a shelf to rot. But when i couldn't find my $200 jack plane. I grabbed this POS. Boy was i wrong. It cuts like a dream. sharp and true out of the box. I made no adjustments before. and it gave consistent even thin paper like shavings. and kept performing. Pine, cedar, like butter. Walnut, maple (curly even) smooth as silk with no chatter on the curly. I'm impressed. if you guys wanna hook me up with a whole set. I'll gladly preach your sermon. well done

Ich besitze bereits die Nr 4 von diesem Hersteller. Und habe da bekommen was ich erhofft hatte -eine solide Basis welche nach einer halben Stunde plan und Eisen schleifen sehr schöne Ergebnisse liefert. Bei diesem 5er Hobel musste ich tatsächlich nur das Eisen schleifen weil alles andere Plan und im Winkel ist. Der Hobel pfeift wunderschön über das Werkstück.Kann mir kaum vorstellen,dass das für das Geld immer so ist aber man kann ja auch mal Glück haben.

È precisissimo e lo consiglio

Als Ersatz für meinen Record No.5 aus den 1950er Jahren. Macht was es soll. Kein Wundereisen, aber mit guter Standzeit und langer Arbeitsschärfe. Auch für Hartholz geeignet. Guter Ersatz des Originals. Preis / Leistungs ist ausgezeichnet.

Las caras fresadas hacen que como garlopa la base sea buena, si bien el material es algo blando y se raya con facilidad, la cuchilla si es de calidad.No he podido perder todo el tiempo que me gustaria ajustandolo, pero en un ratito de pruebas:- El mecanismo de ajuste lateral se mueve solo, no aprieta lo suficiente. Hay que poner la palanca muy ajustada para que se quede quieto.- La boca es muy ancha, inmensa. Hay que adelantar la cama (frog) para intentar cerrarla un poco.- El hierrecito que se mete en el contrahierro para ajustar la profundidad es demasiado corto y en la posicion de mas arriba se sale de su agujero y deja de sujetar.- con una lima, he tenido que "afilar" el contrahierro, para que las cintas puedan salir libremente.Despues de estos ajustes, funciona perfecto.TARDO 3 MESES EN LLEGAR