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Clay C in Miami
>I meant to ask about this when it closed but forgot till I just now ran across it again ...
What is this (and why's it worth $1300?) Looking at the pics of the sole and iron, I can't quite figure out a use.
Thanks,
Clay
eBay plane
Don't know
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>but it's a massive piece of cast iron for a very small cutter, isn't it? Pretty thing, and seems in nice shape.
Bill, waiting for Todd Hughes to inform us all AND tell us he's got 40 of them under his saw pile.
Don't know too
Neal (San Jose)
>But I do know the winning bidder, toolsss. He's a serious colector, so I'm sure HE knows!
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Christopher Schwarz
>Found it in five minutes by searching on the patent date. The description below calls it out as a rare beading plane. Click on patent pictures 2 and 3 for better photos.
Here's the official drawings from the U.S. Patent Office
http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?idkey=NONE&docid=0189453
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Chris
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