Rabbet plane help(old woodie)

Re: Rabbet plane help(old woodie)

Paul in NJ

>Hi Bob,

I can't help you with the wedges but I found an entry for 'A. Palmer' in Pollak's 'Guide to Makers of American Wooden Planes'. They reported on a gutter plane possibly attributed to Ashbel Palmer (born 1819 in VT died 1872), listed as a furniture maker in N. Ferrisburg in 1849 and as a cabinetmaker in 1850. It was rated as 'UR' meaning they presently have insufficient information to rate. There were several other Palmer's but I couldn't tell if there was a connection between them, all their planes were also rated UR.

There was no entry for 'J. Clough' however there were entries for 'M. Clough' and 'P. Clough' also UR. Hope this helps a little.

Paul Dzioba

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Jonathan Peck - N.Y.

>Looks like you done caught yerself a jack rabbet. There is a small illustration of this plane (probably not of the same make) on the attached link. Hope this helps.


Strelinger Cataog page 642

Re: Rabbet plane help(old woodie)

paul womack

>With that width, a skewed blade and scoring knives, it sounds like a (nice!) panel raiser to me.

BugBear

Re: Rabbet plane help(old woodie)

Todd Hughes

>Most of these that i have seen didn't have wedges to hold the nickers but the nickers just fit into the side slots.At 1/2 in. wide yours do sound a little bigger so I don't know maybe they did have wooden wedges.On the ones I had I made these nickers out of concrete nails. You do see fillister planes that have a single double cutter nicker in the center that is held with a wedge.These are just like a small ordinary wedge, have seen them facing to the side and to the front.....Todd

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Ernie Miller Topeka

>Yours sounds simular to one I have I'll take a picture tonight and post a picture. The nickers on mine are set up like the Rabbit jack in the catalog listed I think.

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>I will look at my books on planes, and send you the info you need to restore your plane. As wide as it is you need thoses extra parts to cut across the grain. Chad Boehlke of Small Shop Planes Works

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It`s a jack rabbet for sure

Bob Hackett

>The maker`s marks on both the iron and the plane body are clear so there`s no mistake about either.

The plane I have is like the one pictured in the catalog only the tote is offset and the side irons were held by wedges.

Sure would like to get a pic of the wedges so I have an idea of what to make that would be correct.

Thanks everybody for the info so far.

BTW-did panel raising planes have cutters/nickers on both sides?Seems as though they`d tear up the transition points if they did as they`d be cutting from an angled surface into a flat one.

Mainely,Bob