[GISer3546]

I have built up my hand plane collection significantly recently to include a 3 and a 7 stanley bailey, a 5 wood river, a no 4 shelton (not my favorite), a veritas scraper plane, and a wood river low angle block plane. So far Ive done a good bit of jointing some larger panels (24" and wider). I do not have a power planer bc of space limits, the cost, the size of my panels, the though of sharpening the blades, and the fact that I like using hand tools. Should I just get over my picky hang ups and get a planer or could I get a scrub plane and use it to hog off the larger amounts of wood that I sometimes have to deal with in jointing? Whats the general opinion of the scrub plane out there?

 

[GISer3546]

Thanks guys greatly appreciate the in put. I ended up picking up a user Stanley 40 scrub plane but its in pretty rough shape so a good but of work will be needed on it. The iron will need some work and the curved blade is not at all like what Im used to dealing with. Till then my Wood River #5 and my Stanley #7 seem to be my goto.