These are planes that are indispensible when it comes to special applications. ECE Planes are made in Germany.

108-S - ECE Toothing Plane
106-S - ECE Scrub Plane
23-S - ECE Dovetail and Moving Fillister Plane
48-S - ECE Moving Fillister
30-S - ECE Plow Plane
20-S - ECE Router Plane
51-S - ECE Rounding Plane
294-S - ECE Inletting Plane
58-S - Stop Rabbet Plane (Chisel Plane)



Model No. 108-S

108-S - ECE Toothing Plane
Here is an incredibly useful plane, yet one of the most obscure to many people. If you're planing some gnarly wood, but don't have a fabulous smoother like ECE Primus Improved Smoother, you will need a toothing plane. This plane has serrations on the blade and will striate the wood surface. It will create no tearout because of the very high (70°) bedding angle. After this, take the scraper, or even an ordinary smooth plane and remove striations. This will create a smooth surface on your burled, birds-eye, or similar figured woods.
Toothing plane is also used to prepare the wood surface before veneering.
  

Model No.

Description

Price ($US)
Shipping included
108 - S
Beech Body, Hornbeam Sole
$98


Model No. 106-S

106 - S - ECE Scrub Plane
Here is another very useful plane that should be present in most people's toolboxes. You don't realize how handy this plane is before you use it. Many times it will happen that you need to remove a larger amount of wood quickly. It can be when jointing a very uneven edge of the board, or maybe flattening a twisted board. Scrub plane will take care of such situations quickly and efficiently. You will not believe how quickly the wood can be removed. Scrub plane can easily remove 1/8" thick chunks of wood in one pass. Try doing this with another plane or even a power tool and you'll realize how useful this plane is.
  

Model No.

Description

Price ($US)
Shipping included
106-S
Beech Body, Hornbeam Sole
$83


Model No. 23-S

23 - S - ECE Dovetail and Moving Fillister Plane
This plane does two things - cuts the male part of a dovetail and also cuts rabbets along or accros the grain. The blade is skewed because the sole of the plane is angled at 10°. This is important when cutting across the grain. The blade will shear the wood fibers which minimizes the tearout. The handy nicker infront of the blade will score the wood, so the edges remain crisp.
  

Model No.

Description

Price ($US)
Shipping included
23-S
Dovetail, Skewed Moving Fillister
$158


Model No. 48-S

48 - S - ECE Moving Fillister
Use this plane for cutting rabbets along or across the wood grain. This model is very similar to the Dovetail plane above, just that the blade is not skewed. This will result in some tearout when planing across the wood grain, so this is not a finishing grade plane.
  

Model No.

Description

Price ($US)
Shipping included
48-S
Moving Fillister
$194


Model No. 30-S

30 - S - ECE Plow Plane
Versatile plane quickly cuts grooves with the grain in either the edge or face of boards for drawer bottoms, door panels and general casework. The adjustable fence, on threaded aluminium spindles, extends the iron up to 5 1/2 inches from an edge. Classic 9-1/2 inch long beechwood plane has a total of six irons: 5/32-, 15/64-, 13/32-, 5/16, 15/32- and 35/64-inch.
  

Model No.

Description

Price ($US)
Shipping included
30-S
With 3 irons - 5, 7, 9mm
$301
30-S
With 6 irons - 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14mm
$357


Model No. 20-S

20 - S - ECE Router Plane
Router plane is indispensable for the inlay work. It will also flatten the bottom of the groove. This beechwood router is chunky 9-1/2 inches by 4 inches, offering a sure grip for heavy duty routing. Large sole lets you point the cutting edge in any direction. Includes 7/16", 5/8" and 13/16-inch wide blades. Heavy gauge blade is held securely in steel collar for chatter free cutting.
  

Model No.

Description

Price ($US)
Shipping included
20-S
10, 15, 20mm blades
$147


Model No. 51-S

51 - S - ECE Rounding Plane
This plane has a round bottom and is also known as a gutter plane. It is useful for scooping long wide coves such as the depression in a wooden settee, or making moldings. Blades are 1-5/16, 1-1/2 or 1-7/8 inches wide.
  

Model No.

Description

Price ($US)
51-S
Beech with Hornbeam Sole, 33mm blade
$178
51-S
Beech with Hornbeam Sole, 39mm blade
$178
51-S
Beech with Hornbeam Sole, 48mm blade
$178


Model No. 294-S

294 - S - ECE Inletting Plane
Beechwood body 9-1/2 inches long with hornbeam sole. Use this routing plane for hinges, locks and other shallow mortising cuts with the grain. In use, you view cutting action through the aperture. Cutter is bedded in a groove to assure that it stays square with the sole. Be sure cutter is honed square. To use, scribe the area to be recessed and outline with a chisel. Begin with shallow cut. Tap cutter deeper after each successive cut. Also use this plane for blind nailing if the grain isn't too difficult. Watching the action through the aperture, raise a 3/4-inch long curl. Then drive in a nail and glue the curl back down over the nail head for an invisible finish.
  

Model No.

Description

Price ($US)
Shipping included
294-S
Beech with Hornbeam Sole, 16mm blade
$135


Model No. 58-S

58 - S - ECE Stop Rabbet Plane (Chisel Plane)
Hornbeam body 7 inches long. Gives good control in paring the last few inches of a stopped rabbet cut with the grain. The 1-1/4-inch wide blade is mounted on front of body and is bedded at the steep York pitch (50°) to reduce tear outs. Set blade to take fine cuts. In use, bear down on the back two-thirds of the body.
  

Model No.

Description

Price ($US)
Shipping included
58-S
30mm blade
$52

This concludes our short review of ECE Specialty Planes. Thanks for reading until the end!