Millers Falls planes - Good? Valuable?
Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.
>Going through my wife's grandfather's old rusty tool chest, I started cleaning up (electrolysis and all) some tools in there. The tools were rusted enough that I couldn't make out the brand, until after cleaning I saw Millers Falls stamped on the iron of the bullnose plane.
A web search helped identify the tool as a Millers Falls No. 4 bullnose plane. It is definitely a user plane, as chunks of paint are missing.
There was another plane in the box that I couldn't make sense of. It looked like there were parts missing, and the most unusual thing is that the plane has two beds. Anyway, while browsing through the site where I found the info on the No. 4, I found out that what I had in front of my eyes is another Millers Falls plane, this one a No. 85 rabbetting/bullnose plane, and that in fact the plane is basically complete. Unfortunately the lever cap is broken (but I have the two broken parts), and rust is quite extensive. I'm running it through electrolysis, I'll see tonight how it comes out.
Are these planes useable, and are they worth anything?
Thnx,
DC