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Stanley 12-904 9-3/4-Inch Contractor Grade Smooth Bottom Bench Plane | 
| Brand: Stanley Hand Tools
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: $73.40
Buy New: $43.38
You Save: $30.02 (41%)
Rating:  13 reviews
Media: Tools & Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.2
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 6.1 x 2.8
MPN: 12-904
Model: 12-904
UPC: 076174129045
EAN: 0076174129045
ASIN: B00004UDKV
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Smooth bottom bench plane with a 2-inch cutter | | • | Hardened, tempered steel gives precision-ground cutter edge durability | | • | Gray, cast-iron base with precision-ground sides and bottom; durable epoxy coating provides long-lasting protection | | • | Solid brass cutter-adjustment knob; high-impact polymer handles and knobs are contoured and polished | | • | 9-3/4 inches long; 2-inch cutter; limited lifetime warranty |
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Product Description
Bench Plane, Length 9 3/4 Inches, Width 2 Inches, Fully Adjustable.Fully-ground cast-iron bottom with side and bottom machined true. Mouth opening is adjustable.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 High Quality wood plane May 27, 2008
Jordan P. Towne (Los Angeles, CA)
Very high quality wood plane. Do not buy low quality, you will regret it and it will cost you more in hours of labor with a poor quality tool.
 It's the blade December 25, 2007
Shannon Brown
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
After useing both cheaper (great neck) and more expensive (lie-nielsen) planes; I can honestly say the biggest indicator of how well any plane will preform is the blade. I've been able to produce equally good (and bad) results from all three planes. But if forced to make a choice as to prefernce, I have to go with stanley.
The Great Neck Plane handels are just a bit too ackward to use for any extended period of time and the chip breaker is a bit fidgety. The Li-Nielsen is good, and the frog is easier to adjust, but those benefits don't out weigh the price difference and the blades are too thick. They take too long to sharpen. The Stanley is just a straight down the line winner. Is it perfect?-no. You will need to do some work (I had to lap the back of my chip breaker to get it to fit tight against the blade), but when quality is placed against price, it's not a bad choice.
 Take the time for tuning December 23, 2007
Mark D. Wagner (Cincinnati)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The design of the tool is solid and time tested, and a bargain for the price. However, the sole needed serious lapping (thank goodness I have diamond sharpening plates) to remove a hollow behind the throat. The machining is very rough but I guess that made it easy to read where the hollow was and to check the progress of the lapping. Almost every plane should be lapped and tuned prior to its first use unless you have the cash to lay down for premium plane. I suppose its up to you, but for me, the two/three hours of initial tune up outweighs the extra cash for a ready to use plane.
The blade also needed lapping and light grind to remove a small nick. From there, it was micro bevel and hone as usual. Again, almost every plane will need this out of the box, and I'm fine with that, and still consider this a bargain.
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