Cast Spier's Infill -> the answer *LINK*
Dan Clermont in Burnaby
>ALright,
I've talked to Nigel Lampert and other notable authorities on Infills.
Nigel says it is an early cast Spier's infill before the buns were marked Malleable because of confusions between what was cast and what was dovetailed.
it is a Spier's and not a bunch of parts and in Nigel's datablase of 6600 infills only a handful are like this and these planes are usually sold on the market for the same value as a regular dovetailed SPier's
To be honest, I would have never known it was cast if I didn't remove the bun. and seen the rounded corners (had to match an infill to it.
I have included some pics of the plane from the state when it arrived to now.
The practice bun and tote are temporary and practice pieces although I quite like the piece of Curly Walnut used for the front bun and think it matches quite well.
Here is a pic of the Casting which reads "Spiers AYR" , "2 1/4" and on the top indentation is the number "4" which matches with the rear infill nimber and was used to keep all parts together in that batch of planes.
Dan Clermont
Spier's Casting
