Interesting planing tool with tilting head.. What is this?

[itsme_Bernie]

I'm sorry if this has been covered, but I searched and can't find it anywhere.

This looks like a wood plane blade holder, but it is at the end of a handle on a swinging/tilting head. I thought the tilt would help it cut slightly curved surfaces, but the face is perfectly flat, so I don't think so.
Anyone have any ideas or recognize this?

I am surprised I am having a hard time identifying this! I hate being stumped! hah hah

Bernie

 

[manwithtools]

Stanley #70 Box Scraper I believe:

A Box Scraper Is Not What You Think It Is

 

[Farmer J.]

It's a Box Scraper.

What Is A Box Scraper / Box Scraper Plane?

What is a box scraper plane? The box scraper is used for awkward scraping work.

www.findmytool.co.uk

 

[RTM]

Couple of them discussed in this thread, around here.

Show us your handplanes

Just got this today, paid $15 for it. I can just make out Stanley on the blade, hope to find more marks when i clean it up. I think it’s a box label scraper. The handle is split but other than that ir seems to be in good condition.

www.garagejournal.com

 

[itsme_Bernie]

Wow thanks guys!! You were quick!!
I would have never figured that one out.. I don't know if I would have ever searched "scraper"

 

[RTM]

Wow thanks guys!! You were quick!!
I would have never figured that one out.. I don't know if I would have ever searched "scraper"

The trick is, you need to read Stanley catalogs in your free time. And Starrett too, oh and Sargent is good also.....

 

[itsme_Bernie]

The trick is, you need to read Stanley catalogs in your free time. And Starrett too, oh and Sargent is good also.....

Hah hah hah!! I love reading catalogs, but I guess I have to find a Stanley!

 

[WisJim]

The catalogs RTM mentioned should be available reasonably priced as reprints, and fairly easy to find new or used.

 

[LWB]

I would have been way off with potato peeler...

Tons of knowledge on this site!

 

[Farmer J.]

The trick is, you need to read Stanley catalogs in your free time. And Starrett too, oh and Sargent is good also.....

Mrs Farmer J just refers to this trick as that I'm reading 'Tool ****'..

 

[d42jeep]

I found one today at a garage sale around the block. I had to bring it home since it was the first one I’d seen. I didn’t see the Stanley markings until I cleaned off the blade a little.
-Don
As found
It’s a Stanley!

 

[ER70S-2]

I'd cut some cheese with that.

 

[four.cycle]

^ might be a pretty thin slice.... better with a proper Ostehøvel

on sale now! only 88 krone!

 

[d42jeep]

Here is one shown in the 1942 Stanley catalog.
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

ahhhh so! so it's NOT making a "straight" cut (perpendicular to the surface.)

 

[Beerhippie]

I didn't come here expecting learn anything. I knew that was a Stanley #70 Box Scraper.

What I didn't know was WHY it was called a "box scraper"!

Y'all are amazing.

 

[RTM]

I didn't come here expecting learn anything. I knew that was a Stanley #70 Box Scraper.

What I didn't know was WHY it was called a "box scraper"!

Kinda like the box scraper you pull behind a tractor, right? Same shape and all.

There are a couple of different box scrapers out there. Another one is often confused for a scorp, think it's a Sargent or Stearns. Two pull handles, slightly curved blade, etc. if had my score for a decade before I found the catalog image.

Sargent Tool Book : Mechanics' Tools 1911 : Sargent & Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

264 p., illus., 20.74 cm, trade catalog

archive.org