Description
Key features
- Size: L 380mm x W 73mm
- Precision ground body with remarkably flat sole and square wings
- Blade material: T10 high carbon steel hardened to RC63
- Blade width: 60 mm
- Blade thickness: 3 mm
- Blade bevel angle: 25 degrees
- Iron bedded at 45 degrees
- Weight: 3.4 kg
A No. 5 ½ is a jack plane, but with extra benefits. It has a wider sole than the No.5. This comes handy when working with wider boards that need trueing. It is also great when working with panels that have been worked on with a No 7 and need some broad smoothing before moving to a No. 4.
