Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Mystery tool
davet
>This plane? was in a box of old tools (from 1940's) that a buddy gave me. It is missing it's blade and is made of brass...a heavy sucker.
Anybody know what this is? It kinda looks mad if you invision the bolts as eyes in the second picture!
Dave
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Re: Mystery tool
Chris Knight
>At a rough guess it is some sort of cooper's shave for the inner surface of barrel or bucket staves.
Re: Mystery tool
Todd Hughes
>Some type of home made shave made by and cast probably by a Pattern Maker. Probably used an original wood one as a pattern in the sand mold to cast this one from ....Todd
A killer rabbit shave?
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>It got huge teeth...Oh I mean blade...;-)
Look like a homebrewed rebbating shave to me.
Don't shave a rabbit, it's too cold out.
Matt Malin
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