Anyone see the new Veritas plane?

[Phil Mailloux]

Anyone just see the new Veritas mini block plane in the new Carbatec catalog? I can see a million possibilities for this little guy, I think I'll grab one on my way back from work tomorrow



http://www.carbatec.com.au/veritas-mini ... ane_c22299

[kiwigeo]

The blurb says it "makes a perfect gift".

I love giving gifts...to myself

[rocket]

I want one
Rod.

[Kim]

It looks pretty nifty and all but I reckon they could have dressed up the crosshead screw setting the cap down with something that looks a little more refined in the promo images than a left over chipboard fastener...That doesn't bother me enough to stop me wanting one in the Xmas stocking though Marty.

Cheers

Kim

[Nick]

Hmmmm, $55.00 AUS on the Carbatec.AU site, go to the New Zealand site & it jumps to $77NZ
Doing a currency conversion $55AUS comes to only $68NZ I know it's only a nine buck difference & I'll probably still get one,but I still get that feeling of being screwed again.
Now where did I leave that rough end of the pineapple?

[Steve]

Hmmmm, $55.00 AUS on the Carbatec.AU site, go to the New Zealand site & it jumps to $77NZ
Doing a currency conversion $55AUS comes to only $68NZ I know it's only a nine buck difference & I'll probably still get one,but I still get that feeling of being screwed again.
Now where did I leave that rough end of the pineapple?

...but, only $39.50 at Lee Valley - no pineapples in Canada. I see that there's a family of four:

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[Nick]

Ordered one just after seeing this and asked the question at the same time as to why a difference in the price, this was the answer I received back,
"With regard to the price difference there are a few considerations..freight to NZ,
NZ landing charges, Gst in NZ is 5% than Australia and these types of add ons
make up the difference in the addvertised prices"

It seems that Carbatec Aus buy for both countries then we ship them in from Brissy, doubling the amount of shipping these things undergo. .

[steve roberts]

Hi guys
Just picked one up at carbatec great looking little plane.
Ill try to put it to good use.
Regards Steve