Hot Lee Valley Miniature Planes

These compact planes are useful for working on smaller-scale items such as instruments, models or jewellery boxes.

Made from Indonesian ebony and brass, each plane has an adjustable high-speed steel (Rc62-64) blade. The block plane footprint is just 3 1/8″ × 13/16″ and the chisel plane just 2 15/16″ × 1/2″. Blades are 1/2″ wide by 1/16″ thick.

The chisel plane, in particular, is frequently handy in normal casework. Yet another reason for buying these is that they are a pleasure to look at.