Low angle Woodie buy or not????

[Charles McKinley]

Hi All,

I was poking around an antique shop before work today and saw a low angle wooden plane. The iron was made from and old farriers rasp. He wanted $10 for it. It looked solid.

Pull the trigger or not????

Thanks

[Aaron Rappaport]

Is it bevel up or bevel down? I'm no expert, but I thought the consensus of opinion was that a wood bed wasn't strong enough at its tip to support a low angle bevel up blade.

Low(er) angle bevel down woodies show up occasionally on eBay and elsewhere, and are even sold by a modern maker, philly (or is it philly planes?). I think it was a fairly standard way to make a miter plane back in the day before metal bodies became common.

Don't know anything to say about the blade.

HTH,

Aaron

[David Weaver]

Those were probably strike block planes.

I'm not versed in their use, but I would venture to guess they would be better for shooting long grain than end grain due to their lack of mass.

Can't really say yes or no on the plane without a picture (how's the wedge fit, what's the mouth look like, etc). But for $10, what do you have to lose?

[Aaron Rappaport]

Just verified that the modern manufacturer is indeed Philly Planes (google-able) in the UK. I recall that their miter got a very positive writeup in PWW, but have no experience with them myself.

Aaron

[Zach Dillinger]

Old Street Tool Inc, formerly Clark and Williams, also lists a strike block plane in their catalog. http://planemaker.com/products.html

[David Weaver]

I just linked there through FWW and noticed that they specify that it is for fine cuts on endgrain, contrary to what I thought above.

I think at that weight, I'd save it for long grain and use a heavy metal plane for end grain.

[john brenton]

I can't see any pics on my pc, but I imagine the plane has a nice tapered single iron....alone worth well over 10 bucks. If it low enough to weaken the plane, it would probably show it, with some bad bloating on the soul or a crack etc.

[Leigh Betsch]

Buy it. I'd have it in a heartbeat. I like to buy planes just to see how they are made, so I can then make my own. I've bought quite a few (ok only about 15 or so) just to see how they are made. Most really work very good once you sharpen the iron. Then you can replicate them but make a few improvements. I doubt this method is cost effective but hey it's just $10 into a hobby.

[Charles McKinley]

Yea I'l just get it. Won't come off the price. I'll ask again though. Pics will come shortly. There is suprisingly little cracking from what I could see.

[Charles McKinley]

The angle is about 21 degrees, body 11 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 1 1/2, iron is 1 5/8 wide, the wedge is 1 7/8 x 6 x 7/8 at the thickest point. I paid $10 for it. As I mentioned in the other post the blade is made from an old Farriers rasp. I'm not sure that it will hold a good edge as it seems to give a wire edge on the 220 diamond stone as I flattened it and started to sharpen it. The one corner is sligltly bent up.

I'm having problems getting my pics to upload. I resized them so they are well under the max size but they won't load even one at a time. Is there a good work around?

Thanks

[Chris Vandiver]

A bevel up wooden plane by Bill Carter;
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And another;


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