Forum topic by fumehappy | posted 06-16-2013 12:33 AM | 1424 views | 0 times favorited | 13 replies | ![]() |
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06-16-2013 12:33 AM |
Topic tags/keywords: plane typesetters plane metal plane picked this sucker up today at a yardsale. I can’t see any identifyng marks on it, but it looks unique enough to stand on it’s own. i thought it was an infill at first, then determined it probably wasn’t. Can anyone help out? |
13 replies so far
#1 posted 06-16-2013 12:41 AM |
Never seen nothin like it. Can we see the sole? -- Its not a crack, its a casting imperfection. |
#2 posted 06-16-2013 12:54 AM |
You’ve got sooooooooole |
#3 posted 06-16-2013 12:58 AM |
I’ve never seen anything like t but its pretty cool. I can’t tell by the pictures. Is it wood or metal? -- http://timetestedtools.net - Collecting is an investment in the past, and the future. |
#4 posted 06-16-2013 12:59 AM |
Hmm. I got nothin. Is that all blade i see and a massive mouth? I know Stanley made a cabinet makers plane that was really boxy and rectangular like that but im sure they aint the same. -- Its not a crack, its a casting imperfection. |
#5 posted 06-16-2013 01:10 AM |
That bad boy is screaming hand made, one off tool. It looks like it has a wood core sandwiched between a steel top and bottom. Maybe some made scientist/woodworker put it together as an experiment. Have you tried it yet? That cutter must be a 1/2” thick. I’d love to see video of it in action. |
#6 posted 06-16-2013 01:34 AM |
Its a solid piece of cast. Haven’t cleaned it up yet but it looks like traces of japanning. I’d like to use it but I’m not even sure what it should be used for. Way too skinny and heavy for a jack blade doesn’t come to the edge like in a dado or rebate plane. |
#7 posted 06-16-2013 04:51 PM |
I am guessing that is is probably something like the funky planes that they use to trim lead type. -- Woodworking shouldn't cost a fortune: http://lowbudgetwoodworker.blogspot.com/ |
#8 posted 06-17-2013 06:22 PM |
David, |
#9 posted 06-17-2013 06:33 PM |
Maybe it was built to be a shooting-board plane? Who knows. -- "hold fast to that which is good" |
#10 posted 06-17-2013 08:03 PM |
There is one in a shooting board configuration here: http://www.bohlfamily.com/shootboardplane.html The thick iron makes me think it is not for wood. Here is a metal cutting plane for comparison.: http://www.petermcbride.com/metal_plane/ -- Woodworking shouldn't cost a fortune: http://lowbudgetwoodworker.blogspot.com/ |
#11 posted 06-17-2013 08:28 PM |
David, thanks! |
#12 posted 06-17-2013 08:36 PM |
I saw one like that during our rustiquing expedition in Oklahoma. It was very heavy, cast iron body with iron. It looked complete. I didn’t know what it was either, but I was tempted to pick it up for $35. Maybe that’s the one you picked up at the yardsale? -- People say I hammer like lightning. It's not that I'm fast -- it's that I never hit the same place twice! |
#13 posted 08-14-2016 06:33 PM |
I found this blog I think it’s a typesetter. http://sauerandsteiner.blogspot.ca/2016/04/tools-of-trade-spare-xsno4.html?m=1 -- Focus on what you can do not what you can't do! |
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