[Zeke]

Yeah, some really good hand planes can cost 120. I think I mentioned a hand held power plane here somewhere. Most nae brand manufacturers have one. My Makita came with its own stand making it a 3 1/4" jointer. The bed is about a foot, so doing long stock is not easy without some featherboards, ect. But great all around tool.

I have a whole collection of hand planes all the way out to a No. 7 (the big boy). I use a 4 1/2 mostly, but if I don't really need to use a hand plane, I avoid them. Like Jeff says, it's for the satisfaction of a zen kind of thing. It's not how you get a lot of work done in a time frame/

Steve, thanks for the link/bump!