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Calling all galoot´s and handtool users - what is this rare plane used for ...one step closer

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
I got this werd plane thrugh a toolbuy I won and it was in the bottom of the box when it arived
I have looked trugh several handplanebooks and internet site´s and can´t find the answer is it a plane
used to make windows , doors , cabinets , box´s or is it simply a very sophisticated form for
toe-nail cleaner and cutter.

and how is it used

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I wuold realy preciate all the help you can give me on this type of tool
Dennis
 

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#28 ·
The curved one Dennis is a router for cleaning out trenches or dados he made quite a fancy job of it,probably used it in conjunction with the stair saw for cutting the housings into the stringers to take the treads & risers. It's a really interesting collection my friend
Best regards
Trevor
 
#29 ·
Dennis if I am not mistaken (which I often am) the long handle on your stair saw makes sense….at least as far as I can tell from the photo, those teeth look like they cut on the pull stroke rather than the push like the shorter handled stair saws. Seems like a very effective design.
 
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Dennis hello! And hello to all! Happy christmas!

The long saw is what is called in German a "Gratsäge" eng: A sliding dovetail saw, swirt yes you are correct it is used for pulling, I do not know about stairs, although many years ago, stairs were comonly made with the steps dovetailed with a sliding dovetail into the " cheek"

The Plane is like stated above a type of profil plane or moulding plane, My guess would be that it is used for a counterprofile to the so called "Deutschestab." so a type of quarter round with a small rebate mould. I must admit I am not 100% sure, but from the looks of it that would be my best bet. Have you tried it out yet? It looks like it would pass really well with a "Deutschestab" type Mould!
 
#33 ·
Nicholas : Hello Hello your self :) and Merry Chrismas to you and the fammily
I gess you are busy on the school since it had been solong time we have seen you :)
I thought the saw was influenced from Norway becourse there they had found a viking saw
simular to it but looked little like a longboat were the blade was in the mittle section
so Thank´s for the update on that one :)

the word "Deutschestab" I don´t know I have maybee seen what it is many many years before
I was interresested in woodworking but maybee you are right this litte thing has realy develobed
to be like a archaeological invastigation …LOL
and no I havn´t tried it yet but it is lined up to be cleaned and set up in near future
and i will resive a few more that is simular to this one maybee they can give some more clues

Knothead : thank´s for looking , yes some clever craftmens around in those days
but I think we shuold be glad that they didn´t had the net in those days.
why ? we wuoldn´t have the divercity and all the differrent possibillity´s we have today
try to see how differrent woodworkers in europe and in US not to forget Asien
approch the things they are making and all the differrent solutions they use to end
up with the same result in the end
just one thing is the way the tablesawblades tilt against or away from the fence depending of
where you are :)

Merry Chrismas
Dennis
 
#34 ·
good day folk´s
after I have started serius refurbing my planes and my last handtool gloat
I have come one step closer to where they seem to be used but still a long way from it

I have taken the plane apart and cleaned the wood a bit as you can see in the picture
the text now say … 1½….. ontrahobel…....fur turen (the u´s has two smal dots over them just don´t
have the letter on my keybord or remember how to find it )

so my gess is that it is 1½ inch ….contraplane for doors …...what ever that meens sofare
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the next picture show two more from my last gloat :) diffrent size´s , but sadly glue to a board like a picture
and have no text at all … but it convince me that it can´t bee a home made tool even though they have
a little diffrent shape in both ends of the handle
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take care
Dennis
 

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#35 ·
It's an 18th Century Plane Stop! Because even then, Consumer Product Safety was of such great importance, that somebody invented a molding plane that would engage a brake, stopping the plane in 23 milliseconds before the user's hands became mangled in the cutter. This is a very rare plane you have there, Dennis!! ;-)
 
#38 ·
Hi Dennis,
I think I never saw this post before!
What a wonderful lot of tools.
I can't guess the use of the plane, I have looked and looked and looked but no answer seems to show up…
Best thoughts buddy,
Mads
 
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