Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
What's this plane?
Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine
>I have a plane that is about the size of a #3, has a square cutting edge, no chipbreaker, and a fairly wide mouth. Looks just like a scrub except the cutting edge is square and not radiused. I thought that the blade might of been modified, but today at the flea-market I saw another one just like it. Didn't buy it tho :~(
Todd O.
Re: What's this plane?
William Duffield on the Cohansey
>There are a lot of people "out there" who just don't understand how a scrub plane works. I got a #40 from the MofA, who referred to its previous owner as a "citizen" (implying the most disparaging definition of the term) for having ground the cutter straight across. It gives you (or in this particular case, it gave Patrick) a little bargaining advantage, since the seller was surely displeased with its performance. OTOH, since the Leachmeister knows that we know it is easy to fix, he doesn't cut us a break.
Re: What's this plane?
Dale Stansbery
>I've seen a number of them almost always with a straight grind on the blade and no markings on the plane. I tried putting a radius on one and using it as a scrub, but the plane's are so light, I didn't care much for it. It went back to the auction house where I found it.
Re: What's this plane?
Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine
>William, I really don't think that the plane I am speaking of was originally a scrub as it is too wide, and as was mentioned by Dale, too light as well.
I know it's not a furring plane because the sole is flat like a regular bench plane.
Todd O.
Re: What's this plane?
Jorge Casta�eda ~ East Penobscot Bay
>Todd,
It may be a leather plane, or a hinge plane, both are light with big mouths.
Re: What's this plane?
Dan Donaldson
>Sounds like my youngest daughter: Light with a big mouth;-)
(If she reads this, I am toast ;-)