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Lee Valley’s New Beading Blades, Redesigned Plow Plane, and Upgrade Offer

Mar 2, 2016 Stuart 9 Comments

Lee Valley has come out with new beading plane blades, a redesigned plow plane to work with them, and an upgrade offer for anyone who owns one of their previous incompatible plow planes.

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Veritas Small Bevel-Up Smoothing Plane

Sep 7, 2011 Stuart Discuss

Lee Valley has added a new plane to their bevel-up lineup, a small smoother comparable to a #3 in size.

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