Clifton Bench Planes

Ideal for the cabinet maker and discerning woodworker both amateur and professional.
Clifton bench planes. These design features give the clifton plane the most rigidly clamped cutting iron of any bench plane currently available. Clifton bench planes are made in sheffield uk from the finest materials. With a lineage that stretches back through clico record c j hampton woden and back to edward preston sons of birmingham clifton is truly the final distillation of british handplane making expertise.
The clifton bench planes are the best of british. The body and frog are made from accurately machined grey cast iron with their sides and sole fully ground. It s shorter than the number 4 and a smaller size can be better for a smooth plane and its narrower blade means it s easier to use.
Thomas flinn co flying the. Clifton planes have become a recent part of the thomas flinn co. Ideal for the cabinet maker and discerning woodworker both amateur and professional.
When allied to the extra thick clifton cutting iron and clifton cap iron. The frog and frog seating in the body of these planes are based on the bedrock design meaning the seating pad in the body is full face fully machined to mate with an equivalent full face with a fully machined underside of the frog. The clifton bench plane no.
Clifton bench planes are both highly attractive and functional tool that aim to give you an accurate and smooth finish. Some of clico s more recognised products the clifton bench planes are both highly attractive and functional tool that aim to give you an accurate and smooth finish. The knob and handle are carefully shaped sanded and sealed from walnut hardwood.
These planes have great weight which means the plane does the work for you. The accuracy of this mechanism allows for the cutting iron to be advanced to give a virtually zero mouth opening so allowing the finest shavings to be taken even on the most difficult of timbers. We are proud to continue such high quality plane making and you will have many years of joy from your clifton plane.