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I both need it and will use it. Why else would I have bought it?
Now, whether it proves useful is another story.
Take for example my beloved Veritas right-angle edge plane. I needed it, pulled it out to used it, and it failed me. First time a Veritas prod… yes, first time one their products has ever failed me.
I was making a fence upgrade for the Stanley 45 and Record 405 planes. Wanted to make sure it was square on all sides; it was out on one side. Pulled this plane out, which I had not used, but needed for situations like this. It failed me because with each swipe instead of getting better, it got worse.
I took a square to its sole and it was out. A right-angle plane with a 90.5 degree angle. How do I know it was out by 0.5 degrees?
Because at that very moment I had a fit and pulled out every single right-angle measuring and angle finding device in my arsenal and we had ourselves a trust re-establishing exercise. We started with Starrett, moved to Bridge City, then other trustworthy brands and ultimately concluded that the TayTools square that I used to check the Veritas plane was correct, and the other tools also confirmed that the Veritas was out.
Now, if this Kunz is made well enough (and I don’t see why not), it should be able to perform the job that I mean to ask of it. Which is pretty simple …
Provide a thin skate to ride in the bottom of a groove or dado to present a cutter to the wall of that groove or dado to either smooth out said wall or move said wall to widen the groove or dado.
Kind of hard to see it failing to do the job that I bought it for. Unlike the Veritas which will somehow have to be brought square or sent back to the company.
Now, whether it proves useful is another story.
Take for example my beloved Veritas right-angle edge plane. I needed it, pulled it out to used it, and it failed me. First time a Veritas prod… yes, first time one their products has ever failed me.
I was making a fence upgrade for the Stanley 45 and Record 405 planes. Wanted to make sure it was square on all sides; it was out on one side. Pulled this plane out, which I had not used, but needed for situations like this. It failed me because with each swipe instead of getting better, it got worse.
I took a square to its sole and it was out. A right-angle plane with a 90.5 degree angle. How do I know it was out by 0.5 degrees?
Because at that very moment I had a fit and pulled out every single right-angle measuring and angle finding device in my arsenal and we had ourselves a trust re-establishing exercise. We started with Starrett, moved to Bridge City, then other trustworthy brands and ultimately concluded that the TayTools square that I used to check the Veritas plane was correct, and the other tools also confirmed that the Veritas was out.
Now, if this Kunz is made well enough (and I don’t see why not), it should be able to perform the job that I mean to ask of it. Which is pretty simple …
Provide a thin skate to ride in the bottom of a groove or dado to present a cutter to the wall of that groove or dado to either smooth out said wall or move said wall to widen the groove or dado.
Kind of hard to see it failing to do the job that I bought it for. Unlike the Veritas which will somehow have to be brought square or sent back to the company.
