RTM
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Abrasives won’t be happening here, which is why I’m likely to leave it as is.
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Either way it's some nice wood for a plane.Thinking rosewood, but but haven’t done a density calculation yet. Friends thought rosewood as well.
Probably won’t actively remove it, may let the wear of me using it see if it makes a difference. Is lacquer thinner the answer, or acetone? I know finger nail polish remover worked on a home made coffee table
. Is either gentler to the system?
I removed poly from a chisel handle and ended up using a card scraper and then sandpaper.
RTM
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Card scraper would be my choice well ahead of abrasives, but hoping I can remove the final bits chemically. I really hate sanding, it dulls the appearance so much.
milkovich
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112 Back online. It was a mutt, but now it’s a mutt with rosewood furniture. The knob is wrong (it’s off an early 6/7) till I can find a low 3/4 knob. I thought it might be a store brand plane but it does have the sw logo on the cap screw. The thicker hock blade works a treat.
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An interesting bronze plane. No markings. The skate on the bottom is about 1/8" wide, 3/8" high and 9" long.
Thinking this plane was used after a 1/8" wide slot is cut into a piece of wood. The cutter has a Tee shaped set of scooped cutters.
This would leave a slot with a hollow at the bottom. Perhaps used for canvas or screens stretched and a cord pushed into the slot until it hits bottom where it could expand.
Anybody know for sure?
Thinking this plane was used after a 1/8" wide slot is cut into a piece of wood. The cutter has a Tee shaped set of scooped cutters.
This would leave a slot with a hollow at the bottom. Perhaps used for canvas or screens stretched and a cord pushed into the slot until it hits bottom where it could expand.
Anybody know for sure?
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RTM
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I would guess weatherstripping plane, like a Stanley 248
Google his site for the word weatherstripping to see other options like the 238, 78w, and many more.
Bronze tells me pattern maker made, so might be specific to their trade as option B
Google his site for the word weatherstripping to see other options like the 238, 78w, and many more.
Bronze tells me pattern maker made, so might be specific to their trade as option B
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So you’re thinking like a t-slot? Wouldn’t the chips clog up?
Beerhippie
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I can't see any way that could cut a T-slot. Maybe with a hydraulic press pushing it?
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It’s a t-shaped cutter. But i’m really stretching to understand how it would be used.
Beerhippie
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A T-shaped cutter doesn't mean it cuts a T-shaped slot. What's cutting the edges of the T? How do you "ease" it into the cut?
FullRaceMerc
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Can the cutter be moved to the side, so it would cut next to the center guide? Set up higher & to the side I'd wonder if it would cut beads on cabinet face frames prior to mitre work & assembly.
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I'll try to explain again. There first has to be a 1/8" slot before this plane is used. The cutter then only has to move the shavings from the side cutters up the slot. I tried it once on a piece of soft pine. It worked, but wasn't fun. Today instead of a cord they use a more rubber like strip that compresses.
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Union Manufacturing is beginning to sell the X-Plane designs again. It uses a vertical post with a nut on each side of the adjuster yoke. High quality. They just had a video conference and it has Robert Porter of Union Manufacturing, talking with Robin Lee of Lee Valley, Joel Moskowitz of Tools for Working Wood, Paul Hamler miniature maker, and several other people. It was a very interesting conversation they all had about the state of manufacturing hand tools.
crguy
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Porter found out making new planes isn't all that easy. And then, trying to find enough buyers to make them profitable is a another real problem.
Beerhippie
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If it can't do at least Mach 5, it ain't an X Plane.
Beerhippie
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My first spokeshave:
Mostly just dirty. Iron needs some work, but not too bad for $8.
At least I won't have to worry about breaking it.
Mostly just dirty. Iron needs some work, but not too bad for $8.
At least I won't have to worry about breaking it.
Unbreakable is a pretty bold claim. Probably "malleable iron"My first spokeshave:
Mostly just dirty. Iron needs some work, but not too bad for $8.
At least I won't have to worry about breaking it.
Beerhippie
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When I was younger, I took a claim of "unbreakable" as a challenge. Broke some pretty nice stuff. I don't do that anymore.
CRSINMICH
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Eric Brown: Judging by the the fourth picture you attached, the plane you posted would cut a bead. It may have been based on or inspired by the 1878 patent by Justus Traut. It doesn't look like a commercially produced plane but it was well made. I think the T shape of the cutter may have been to provide relief. It's possible that there was another cutter that would have cut a 'hollow' that would match the 'round' or bead. It is a lovely plane that may well be one-of-a-kind.
Beerhippie: That is a nice spokeshave based on a Stanley 151. Notice that the Marples number is A151. Coincidentally, this tool also could have been based on a Justus Traut patent. It's really not all that surprising because Mr. Traut had at least 150 patents.
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Definitely not a one off. I have seen others like it. I still think it was used to stretch either canvas or screen wire in a frame.Eric Brown: Judging by the the fourth picture you attached, the plane you posted would cut a bead. It may have been based on or inspired by the 1878 patent by Justus Traut. It doesn't look like a commercially produced plane but it was well made. I think the T shape of the cutter may have been to provide relief. It's possible that there was another cutter that would have cut a 'hollow' that would match the 'round' or bead. It is a lovely plane that may well be one-of-a-kind.
Beerhippie: That is a nice spokeshave based on a Stanley 151. Notice that the Marples number is A151. Coincidentally, this tool also could have been based on a Justus Traut patent. It's really not all that surprising because Mr. Traut had at least 150 patents.
bmwrd0
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What do I have?
It came with a Sweethart blade and a cap that doesn't work when they are all paired up. I fit the knob off of my Stanley #8 and it screwed right in. I want to say it is a 4-1/2c type 5, but the adjuster is throwing me off.
What do I have?
It came with a Sweethart blade and a cap that doesn't work when they are all paired up. I fit the knob off of my Stanley #8 and it screwed right in. I want to say it is a 4-1/2c type 5, but the adjuster is throwing me off.
What do I have?
WisJim
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It's an Ohio O4 1/2C. The Ohio planes used Stanley numbers with an "O" prefix and they used tapered blades that were thicker at the cutting end. I like the couple of Ohio planes that I have, but they parts mostly don't interchange with similar Stanleys.What do I have?
It came with a Sweethart blade and a cap that doesn't work when they are all paired up. I fit the knob off of my Stanley #8 and it screwed right in. I want to say it is a 4-1/2c type 5, but the adjuster is throwing me off.
What do I have?
bmwrd0
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Interesting. Thanks, Jim, Ohio was an idea I had but wasn't sure and didn't want to jinx myself on it. I have a #5 that might become a parts donner, as I like this one, and the SW blade does not work at all!
RTM
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I have a couple of 2-3/8” wide tapered blades, probably for woodies, that might work. Let’s chat later in a PM
milkovich
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One of the cool things about tool hunting here in Akron Ohio is that there's a good chance that the tools were somehow related to the rubber industry. My patternmaker's vise supposedly came from Goodyear Aerospace (which Lockheed later bought). Here's an estate sale No. 4 handplane from the "type 17" ww2 years which isn't that remarkable except that it's a 4C (maybe unusual for a type 17?) and under the rust was marked BFG 3990.
