cooper's plane

[steve morris6]

66 inches long, 110 lbs
what a beast!!

gave the iron a quick grind and hone(really needs more), works well,somewhat scary with that exposed blade

the plane s used as shown, upside down and the work piece is moved over the plane

[Mark Stutz]

Interesting! I've never seen a metal one before. All I've ever seen have been all wood.

[steve morris6]

ive seen wooden ones too on utube
this must have been quite a big investment back in the day

a family member bought it from a retiring cooper in England along with a variety of other traditional tools

he gave it to me to get it operational

the big advantage of it would be that the work piece does not have to be clamped to a bench for fine tuning but using it is scary

[Pat Barry]

Not nearly as scary as a powered jointer though!