Can You Identify This Tool?

10/3/05, 3:21 PM #1

George
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Can You Identify This Tool?

George@Colonel's Workshop-Havertown PA

>Good Morning Friends,

A few weeks ago I was cleaning out a deceased friend's shop at his daughter's request, and came across this item. I have no idea what it is or what it is used for. It appears never to have been used. It came with two cutters, one mounted within the cylindar. The other is taped to the body of the object. The decal on the body reads: "FAMOS" and "Laupheim". There is the shape of a Europesn wood hand plane in the center of the decal just below "GEGR 1845". My friend had numerous wooden hand planes which I inhereted, and this tool was among them when I found it. Thanks.

George

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10/3/05, 3:26 PM #2

Jim Crammond in Monroe, Mi.
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Jim Crammond in Monroe, Mi.

>George,

It's a router plane. It is the wooden style but serves the same purpose as a Stanley #71.

Jim Crammond

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10/3/05, 3:26 PM #3

Derek
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Derek

>Looks like a "widows tooth" router plane.

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10/3/05, 5:25 PM #4

Jim Reed @ Tallahassee
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Looks like

Jim Reed @ Tallahassee

>my Ulmia. Same size and shape.

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10/3/05, 10:11 PM #5

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI
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Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>To me it looks a lot like a type 2 stanley #4 bench plane, George. Can't imagine why.

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10/4/05, 12:00 AM #6

Jack Guzman
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Jack Guzman

>Hello George,

Look for the August 2005 issue of Popular Woodworking.They showed how to make one just like that.The article is called "The $5 Router Plane".The one they patterened it after was made by ECEmmerich.I made mine out of red oak.---Jack

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10/4/05, 8:44 AM #7

paul womack
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paul womack

>http://www.fine-tools.com/G301052.htm

BugBear

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10/5/05, 8:54 AM #8

Wolfgang Jordan
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Wolfgang Jordan

>George,

this is a German router plane made by the company Famos in the city of Laupheim. Famos was a subdivision of Esslinger & Abt and is still in business (http://www.famos-gmbh.de/). The sign on your plane features the foundation date (GEGR[ÜNDET] 1845) and the letters 'EA' with a little 'u' in the center (for 'Esslinger und Abt'). More information about Famos can be found at my homepage (in German):

http://www.holzwerken.de/museum/hersteller/famos.phtml

If there are more German planes among your friend's tools and you want to know about their makers please feel free to ask or have a look at my German maker site:

http://www.holzwerken.de/museum/hersteller/deutsch.phtml

Wolfgang

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