Taytools 469584 Jointer Bench Hand Plane #7, 22 Inch Sole, Ductile Cast Body, Lapped Sides and Bottom, Blade RHC 55-60, Sapele Handle and Tote

For what you pay, this is a great tool. You may have to do some work when you get it, but that's the trade-off you get for paying less than half the price of the premium planes. My plane and iron (blade) were about flawless. I probably should try flattening the sole, but it looks perfect up against a good straight edge, so I didn't bother (at least yet). The frog surface was clean and flat. The blade was almost perfectly flat and fairly sharp, and I had it hair-popping sharp with very little time with my stones and strop. The chip breaker was a different story. It had some strange tip geometry like it was accidentally double sheared during manufacturing. I contacted Taylor Tools, and the president of the company emailed me back. He told me to grind the chip breaker as I saw fit and that if I wasn't happy, he'd take care of me. I was afraid to touch it figuring it might void any warranty. Well, I worked on it and got it right enough. I attached one photo showing the thin shavings I was taking right away once I did all this work and assembled the plane. I am no pro at this--I'm still very new with hand planes. This thing is a big, heavy beast (see attached photo comparing to my Stanley No.5 Jack plane); but it sure excels at getting wood FLAT. I made a full trash bag of shavings planing two faces of four poplar table legs flat and perpendicular. Then I ripped the other two sides on the table saw to dimension and finished with one or two more swipes with the plane once again for surface finish reasons (the plane leaves an amazing surface). Through all this, I did not perceive any blade dulling. I wouldn't say four poplar table legs represent a grueling test, but the blade steel is definitely not garbage. Highly recommended.

Sole was flat out of the box. Blade is on the thin side, but adequate. Easily sharpened and honed and, after planing a lot of southern yellow pine for a workbench build, seems to hold an edge really well. The handle is a little on the small side and doesn't fill the hand so can lead to discomfort after long usage. I may make a beefier handle for it after I finish a few projects. Overall, I am very satisfied with my Taytools #7 Jointer Plane. At half the price of a very similar plane from Woodcraft or Rockler, it is a superb value. I will definitely buy Taytools again.

The plane body and frog seat came flat and true. I put the blade to the wet stones and stropped with leather. This plane joints very nicely. It is weighted well. My only change would be to make the handle fit my right push hand, it is a tad small. But then again, I buy extra large gloves and they usually don't fit. Great product.

It is not a premium hand plane.When I received the product first time, the sole was not at right angle to the side of the body. It also had numerous dents. I left the message to the seller. They were prompt and sent me a new plane. The support said the replacement was examined in person before sending it. It all happened within a week, even during COVID19 month.The new replacement had better body, but the paint was in poor quality and the blade was not at right angle. I had to grind it before honing it. I had to sharpen the chip breaker as well. Now it works pretty good. I have a N6 WoodRiver. WR is heavier even though it is smaller. I may have to flatten the chip breaker little bit more because it chatters sometimes, or purchase a hock blade.I understand this is 150 USD and not 350 USD like WoodRiver or 450 like Veritas/Lie Nielsen. One day, it may get broken somehow and I will have to find some more expensive replacement after buying my wife an expensive handbag. The problem is this stuff last forever.Despite the less satisfied product review, I am giving 4 stars because of the amazing support. I'd buy their product again.

Excellent value at a price that is tough to beat. Nothing on this unit can't be adjusted to fit your needs.

If what you are looking for in a plane is making thin even shavings then this should be good enough for you. If you want a plane to hold in your arms in a Christmas card you might consider paying 3X as much.

1st thing noticed was the Tote had a chip of wood missing at the top. The sole checked out to be very flat, good.The Chip breaker and the plane iron needed a lot of work. Chip breaker did not make contact fully across the plane iron and needed to be flattened. Also the bevel cut on the back of the Chip breaker was noticeably narrower on one side than the other which causes the contact point of the Chip breaker to be more on one side of the plane iron than the other. Lastly the plane iron had a large hollow in the back. Took a lot of work to get ~1/4" flat across the back at the edge.

Great purchase and not even just for the money.The bad: arrived with a layer of stinky machine grease, and quite a bit of effort to lap the back of the iron until it was flat.The good: after cleaning up and rubbing down with jojoba oil, lapping and honing the iron, bringing the frog forward, and honing the cap iron, and throwing a bit of canning wax on the sole, I was really really happy with the performance.I’m a newbie at ‘feddling’ and have been messing around with hand plane for just a few weeks in earnest so it’s not unattainable to get this thing tuned if you’re starting out. Probably 3 hours total in setup, at least half of that lapping the iron. I have a lie Neilson smoother and while it’s definitely nicer I’ve had some issues with that one too that have taken some sussing out and feddling.Note that the tear out on the dark wood in the picture was from the smoother not from this jointer.