Does the blade extend all the way to the edge? Can you plane flush to the edge of the tool?
881057
No. On the one side you have the drive belt and guard sticking out 1" past the end of the blade, and on the other side the motor housing sticks out 1-1/2" past the blade end.
881058
The only planer that I know of that can cut all the way to the edge is Festool HL850. One can get it on Amazon as well, it is a much better planer, but the price is more than 4x of this Makita. I have both, and each of them is good for its own task.
1639086
The two sides of the pliers only completely touch at the tip of the pliers. Hasn't been an issue so far in my limited uses. But you have to set your expectations appropriately. I would describe these multi-tool as well built, small-job/emergency edc tools.
1329672
The tool in question is what you want. It cuts a half inch wide and totally flush for that distance although the cutting blades are diagonal to the length of the tool... It's the one you need for cutting soft copper wire flush to a connector or PCB.
63212
No. The blade component extends into the hollow handle about one inch (of the four-five inch handle). It appears affixed to the handle by a little six sided bolt into the blade and a hollow cross base on the inside of the hollow handle through which the end of the blade fits inside. Perhaps that end of the blade is glued into the handle cross brace. I accidentally bought a second one of these and I'm looking forward to giving it to a friend of mine with 30 wooded/marshy acres in Wisconsin. Probably my favorite economical survival knife. It's a heavy piece of shiny metal with all those extras.
498160
This is a great tool. The clearance between the blade and the frame is about 6 inches at the narrow end so this is pretty much the limit working from one cut. I am guessing that Joe worked from both sides to achieve what he describes.
420509
No. I assume your talking about the sheaving that comes with it. It's designed so you can just start using your knife and so you don't have to worry about damaging the edge.
1971336
The ends are angled, so I measured the longest distances, tip to tip. Blade fully extended: 7-1/4" Blade Retracted: 6-7/8"
435708
I was looking at picture of blades and for some reason it showes a male notch on end, but what was sent to me have a female notch on ends.The ones I have are the 128281-13". I don't understand that. But they do fit my planer
991024
It has kind of a factory edge. I think I could do better with a sharpening stone. I was trying to resurrect an old hand plane. Didn't work any better than it ever did. Finally bought a Bosch power planer. Much better. I always get dragged kicking and screaming into the future....
1725344
I would think so but have not done it. It seems to me that the "action" is the same a scissors or shears. The point is to have an consistent clearance with two sharp edges that is close enough to cut and still allow the material to enter the cutting plane.
1631840
No, Its forced out from rotation of blade. Its a good planer. Ive used for Cedar, Cherry and walnut with no problems or blade change.
260915
Yes. I use the sharpener that Wüsthof makes, which is designed to accommodate the blade edge design.
1884143
not really, no. you drag the blade through the grooves... works best on a straight-edge.
1257482
The blade gets pushed to one side. The top guide helps but not as much as a tighter tolerance one might. I like the concept but better design is needed.If you only made straight cuts it would probably be fine.
1213438
There are NO HOLES in the end of the blade. There is a SEMI-CIRCLE cutout on the end. I have a photo if needed
271917
It can be done...but you won't get the entire blade sharpened that way. You will miss out on the last few inches, depending on your particular mower.
1688875
I don't think so, the blade isn't set up as a shearing blade it stops just even with a flat surface.