Planeing a rabbet

Re: Old English tote on C&W jointer

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Thanks, Wiley. The cutout looks circular with a bit of a bulge at the very top. I'll have to give this a try sometime.

Pam

Re: C&W moving filletster

paul womack

>Look like a perfectl normal moving fillister to me. These are still commonly around; I have a locally made (Griffiths of Norwich) model which works superbly. The (double dovetailed) boxing is the more usual box, not Lignum Vitae though.

BugBear

Yes

Wiley Horne

>it is a perfectly normal moving filletster. The design features date back to the olden days. I would only say that a "perfectly normal" moving filletster is an extraordinary instrument IMO.

I was in error when I reported lignum boxing. When I talked with Larry, he said it was American persimmon, the only Diospyros (ebony) species in this country. C&W have sent a batch of identical planes to Williamsburg, half boxed in persimmon, half in boxwood, to test the relative wear. They think American persimmon is a superior wood for withstanding wear.

Once upon a time, I passed on some Griffiths of Norwich moulders which were offered on Ebay out of the UK, and it still rankles when I think of it--they looked fantastically well made.

Wiley