Originally Posted by
Jim Bennett
The old print shop where I found this plane is eventually going to be my new wood shop. So it will be nice to actually use this plane while working in the shop.
Many print shops used wooden spacers to aid in locking up the type in the chase (type holding frame). There were also wooden type and images (or cuts) which were often thin metal mounted on wood.
The plane may have been used for trimming printing components and not carpentry.
jtk
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