JORGENSEN No.101 Mini Wood Planer - Mini Hand Planer for Woodworking, Block Plane, Small Hand Plane for Trimming, Wood Planing, Craft, Professional Ductile Iron Body, Adjustable Cutting Depth

I didn’t expect much from something this small, but it honestly exceeded my expectations. I used this little hand planer to trim a door molding so it would sit flush with the frame, and it handled the job way better than I thought it would. For tight spaces where a regular planer feels bulky or awkward, this thing is perfect. The build quality is solid — all metal construction with a clean orange finish, and the blade feels sharp right out of the box. The compact size actually works in its favor, giving you a lot of control for precise trimming. You can see from the photos that it’s well put together, and even after use, everything still feels tight and durable. That said, it’s definitely not for large jobs. If you’re planning to remove a lot of material, this isn’t the tool for that. It’s more of a precision tool for small adjustments, edges, and detail work. Overall, I’d recommend this to anyone doing finish carpentry, DIY touch-ups, or small fixes around the house. If you need something compact, accurate, and reliable for light work, this is a great little tool to have.

What a great little tool! I have other planes both big and small. But this little guy was a surprise! Much smaller than my "small" plane, but it did its job without struggle. Easy to set up and handle. Nice and sharp. I will reach for this plane as my first choice for many planing jobs!

I got this plane because it was made by Jorgensen who over my woodworking years has proven to make good stuff at a reasonable price. And it was cheap and I wanted to try one of these mini planes, as I had looked at many "violin" planes and thought they might work on situations where you had a small rough surface to smooth, or a small protusion sticking up to even out (such as dowel or screw hold wood cap). Its nicely made...good materials. It was packaged in a appropiate box, plastic cover over it,etc. It was amazing in use. I've recently been building chess boards for my family, and with very little adjustment I can get thin shavings to level/smooth out the edges/surface of the boards. And not just small 1 inch level...I can go the full board (24 Inches). The blade has lasted without sharpening yet...I must've used it 50 times so far....and the blade still is sharp! I even went to my larger block and #4 and #5 planes (lee valley,stanley) and gone back to this one...as they are harder to use to take small shavings - well that's probably my lack if fiddeling with them, than a knock of them. As others have pointed out, the finger round in the front gives you more control to press down and start off the plane, and steer it as you push thru. One tip, I find with this plane (as well on others) is to angle the plane to your plane direction and that will make take less off and be easier to control and push. I'm very happy with it, and its a gem. PS the only planes that I have that really compare in shaving performance are those small Chinese planes (the ones I have are 2" x 6") that you pull, rather the push - and they are harder to adjust the blade.

Handy and surprisingly effective little mini plane. Jorgensen constantly offers good quality products at very affordable prices. I wish they would make their spokeshaves more readily available.

OMG...I saw the negative reviews, and I can only speak to what I received. First, I assume people who complained about it really did not know how to work with a plane like this! Hint: It needs to be adjusted to make VERY thin shavings! Second, lots of the complaints were hat it was small...well, duh! It isn't the products fault if you can't read a description! Anyway, I was surprised and very pleased by this tiny plane. I am a woodworker, and needed this to plane down some 1/4" edges. It arrived, and was nicely finished and well made. Like all wood planes, it needed a little attention to set-up to get a small enough cut, but once set it locked down well and immediately produced very nice, thin ribbons of of the very hard wood (Goncalo Alves) I was working with. I was expecting to need to sharpen it, but it cut beautifully as received. Obviously, if you do not know what you are doing and try to do too deep a cut, you will get terrible performance from it.

Great little tool, sharp edge, easy adjust and to put in an apron. Cuts well and should get plenty of use!

Worked very well right out of the box. I am sure it could be improved with some touching up on the sole and knife, but that can be said for $200 planes as well. For the price this is a solid tool from Jorgensen and should be very handy for light touch up on small projects and edges.

I was able to fixed my jammed door by shaving couple layers of wood off the top of the door since it’s rubbing against the frame. I have never touched a wood planer before in my life but was able to figure out how it works, although small, it gets the job done and it’s reasonably priced as well. Overall a great tool to have.