Lie-Nielsen 60-1/2 Rabbet Block Plane with Nicker

Lie-Nielsen Toolworks is a renowned tool manufacturer specializing in planes and they are just an hour north of the Shelter Campus on the coast of Maine. The Lie-Nielsen tools are of exceptional quality and an absolute joy to use. When Gaius talks about woodworking as therapy, these are definitely some of the first tools that come to mind.

Ideal for cutting small rabbets or trimming tenons to fit, this is our first choice plane to add to our timber framing tool box. Based on the Sargent No. 507, this low angle, fixed-mouth block plane has open sides with a blade that extends the full width of the body. It’s a great design, handy as a block plane and wider than most rabbet planes, making it easy to trim tenons to fit.

When set to cut, two circular A2 nickers protrude .010″ on each side for scoring cross-grain cuts. The low angle of 12º makes it an excellent choice for end grain. Unbreakable Ductile Iron body ground flat and square to .001″. Bronze cap.

• 1-3/4″ overall width, 6-1/4″ long
• Blade is 1-3/4″ wide x 1/8″ thick
• Blade is bedded at 12°
• Weight 1.65 lbs.

The No. 60-1/2 Rabbet Block Plane rated
“BEST VALUE BLOCK PLANE”
– Fine Woodworking Tool Guide, 2014