Irwin Record Smoothing Plane 9-3/4-inch - 2-inch (50mm) Plastic Handle, IWTSP4

Reasonable product at a reasonable price, fast delivery.

Does the job,better than some i bought.

used this plane last week and it is a great tool,well made,price was reasonable another great product by Irwin.

Great value and did what I required of it to plane some doors down to fit non standard door frames in an older terraced property. You will not get a master craftsman finish by any stretch and you do get what you pay for however it is fit for certain purposes and provides adequate finishes to appropriate tasks. Easy to set and use.

This arrived very quickly, the only problem with it was, the blade was off a bit and my husband had to square it off. After that it worked great!

Excellent tool.

Really poor quality blade

Irwin was a good name in the past but this plane was made in India and was very poor quality, not assembled properly because bits did not fir so shouldn't have been supplied. Had to machine items myself to make it work. Poor quality blade supplied difficult to get an edge. Needed to keep it as was needed to do a job but will not recommend Irwin again.

Lama un po morbida ma per il prezzo top

以下、個人的な感想です。 ・塗装の色が青色で綺麗で、作業が楽しくなる感じ。 ・到着時に刃こぼれがあった。刃が下部平面より引っ込んでいたので、推定原因は以下の通り。 ①元々、出荷前に刃部が引っ込んでいたのなら輸送中に何かが当たって刃こぼれを起こしたとは考えにくく、 製造、組立て段階で既に刃が欠けていたのでは？？ ②購入先の梱包が不十分で下部平面に何かが当たって擦れが出来ていたが、同時に刃にも何かが当たって欠けたのではないか？？（刃に何かが当たって欠けたと同時に下部平面よりも引っ込んだ） いずれにしても刃こぼれが有り、刃を自分で研ぎ直す必要あり。 ・材質や部品点数、輸送費などを考えると安いと思う。同タイプで形がそっくりで本品よりもずっと安い製品が出ていて大変迷いましたが、昔からあるStanleyとRecordのうち、Record製を選びました。 以上、自分で手を入れて使う楽しみも含めて気に入っています。

Did sharpen the iron and planes nicely.

Finition très moyenne (lumière même pas droite), fer bon à aiguiser et réglage très difficile. Bref déçu de ce produit que j'imaginais de meilleure facture

The Irwin Record SP4 Smoothing Plane (IRSP4) required about 3 hours of "tuning" out of the box before it would perform adequately. The sole needed polishing using progressively finer sandpaper glued onto a flat granite to flatten the sole, which required about 2 of the 3 hours. The opening in the sole for the cutter had to be filed to a square shape as it arrived with casting "flash" partially obstructing the opening. The original cutting iron edge appeared to be made using an end mill type of cutter as it exhibited serration. Removal of this serration required a considerable amount of honing using progressively finer wet stones (I used 1000, 2000, 4000, 6000, 8000 grit stones in sequence). The chip breaker required honing so that the edge contacting the cutting iron would be adequately flat. The cap which secures the cutting iron/chip breaker assembly to the frog did not require any work. The screw which tightens the assembly to the "frog" on the Irwin Record SP4 is, in my opinion at least, preferable to the "flip" levers typically used on competitive planes because it enables ready adjustment of the clamping force. The "frog" of the plane arrived well machined, as did the mating surfaces on the sole, providing acceptable perpendicularity for the cutting iron/chip breaker assembly. The IRSP4 plane does not provide a "fore/aft" positioning screw for the frog as do other competitive planes. Instead, the frog position is "eyeballed" and then secured with the usual two top screws. This is not an issue in my opinion because typically there is excess "slop" in these "fore/aft" adjustment screw assemblies on competitive planes I have used. I have ended up "eyeballing" the frog "fore/aft" position prior to tightening the two top frog securing screws anyway on these competing planes, and the "fore/aft" position adjustment screws just get in the way. The IRSP4 lateral adjustment lever for the cutting iron/chip breaker assembly functions well. With the effort I expended, the IRSP4 is performing acceptably. The IRSP4 lacks the "flip lock" feature for the cap and the frog "fore/aft" positioning features of competing Size 4 planes. However, the castings for the cap, frog, and sole on IRSP4 appear to be heavier and better made than those of competing "big box" store planes in the $30-$50 price class. Apparently, decisions were made by the Irwin Record folks to allocate cost towards superior castings rather than features.