E. C. Emmerich Primus Planes
The Best Things carries planes and saws from E.C.Emmerich of Germany. The ECE 711 Primus smoothing plane is certainly the best possible manufactured smoothing plane available today. For fine work, the ECE 711 Primus plane will easily outperform Bailey type smoothing planes like the Lie-Nielsen. Only the best antique (or reproduction) British infill planes can match or sometines outperform these ECE Primus planes, and then only on the most difficult woods. The lignum vitae sole of the ECE Primus planes allows them to glide over the work in a way that a metal plane never could. The German tool steel used for the blades of these ECE planes has excellent edge retention properties. At the bare minimum, a ECE 711 Primus plane is a must for every serious cabinetmaker. We hope that you too will find these planes indespensible.
| 711 - Improved Primus Smooth Plane - Right Handed This is the ultimate in a fine finishing plane. It has a cherry body with lignum sole. The throat opeing is adjustable by means of a sliding section of the front sole, which is secured by a screw head on top of the plane body. Adjustable to take the finest of cuts, this is the creme de la creme of modern planes. 8-7/8" long body, 1-7/8" wide iron set at 50 degrees. $194.95 
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| 711L - Improved Primus Smooth Plane - Left Handed This is the same exact plane as above but the front horn is curved for a left handed user. This makes a big difference as these planes are very awkward to hold with you hands reversed from normal. $194.95 |
111-S - German Improved Smooth Plane Cherry body, lignum vitae sole. Equivalent to the Primus smoother above, without the adjustment. Don't buy this one unless you are comfortable with non-adjustable planes. This plane is adjusted by gentle tapping on the blade with a small wooden mallet. This plane will perform just as well as the Primus, but it requires some finesse to adjust. $144.95 |
| 703-P - Jack Plane White hornbeam body 9-1/2 inches long with contrasting brown lignum vitae sole. The 1 7/8 inch wide blade is bedded at common pitch (45 degrees) for general work. A jack plane is the first plane that you reach for when planing a piece of rough stock, before going on to finer planes. $164.95  |
| 741-P - English Pattern Jack Plane The English style jack plane is longer than the Continental version and has a traditional Anlgo-American style tote in the rear. The 1-7/8 inches wide blade is bedded at 50 degrees to minimize tearouts in hardwoods. This is very unusual for a jack plane to have a "York" pitch iron. It is to push than a standard pitch jack plane, but it will save you work in the end. This is the best jack plane you can buy for fine cabinet work, and is the jack plane that we recommend above all others that we sell. Beech body with lignum vitae sole. $199.95  |
| 701-P - Primus Try Plane This try plane (jointer) features a beechwood body with lignum vitae sole. Its 24" lenth makes it ideal for jointing even the longest edges, such as the boards of a dinner table. $244.95  |
| 649-P - Adjustable Block Plane The wooden equivalent of an American style metal block plane, the 649-P 6" "Pocket Plane" has an exclusive adjustment control to set the iron for precision cuts. The blade is 1-1/2 in. wide and bedded at 50 degrees. With hornbeam body and lignum vitae sole, this handsome, light-weight plane is easy to tote in a pocket for small planing jobs. It also does well at trimming end grain. $84.95  |
Specialty Planes
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23-S - Dovetail Beechwood body with hornbeam sole. The sole of this plane is at 80 degrees to the side. The plane has a skewed iron and a nicker iron so that it will cut smoothing on the ends of a board, as is required of a dovetail plane. This tool is essential for making the male part of a sliding dovetail. $139.95  |
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106-S - Scrub The ECE scrub or roughing plane has a 9-1/2 inch long beech body and hornbeam sole. Like all scrub planes, this plane has a heavy iron with a pronouced radius. The blade is fixed with a wedge. Scrub planes are to remove excess wood rapidly. Cut with or diagonally to the grain. These planes were found in every 19th century tool kit, but the advent of power tools has reduced the need for a plane that removes wood fast. We still find a scrub plane to be essential in our shop. $79.95  |
| Item # | Description | Picture | Price | Qty | Buy |
| 710P | Primus Rabbet - Hornbeam body, Lignum Viate sole, 30mm iron |  |
$169.95 | ||
| 20-S | Router - 10, 15, 20mm irons Used for setting in marquetry inlays |
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$109.95 | ||
| 48-S | Moving Fillester - 0-33mm iron |  |
$159.95 | ||
| 108-S | Toothing - 48mm iron |  |
$94.95 |
