Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Oh, Scott Burr - pics of low-angle woodie here
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA, gettin' soggy
>I finally got the pics back from the drugstore - of course, I forgot to check the "and CD" option, so I had to scan them in. Herewith a couple of pics. This first shows the very low angle.
Picture 2
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA, gettin' soggy
>and this one shows the skew angle at the sole
Pic 3 *LINK*
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA, gettin' soggy
>while this one rather murkily shows the maker's mark.
Someone (thank you, someone - please forgive my middle-aged memory) referred me to the Davistown Museum website, which has a nice bio of D. R. Barton. If I'm reading it correctly, this maker's mark probably dates from 1874-1880.
Davistown Museum Bio on DR Barton
Re: Oh, Scott Burr - pics of low-angle woodie here
Monty Bates
>This is a mitre plane. Many manufactures made virtual clones of their compititions planes and in the 1877 Sandusky Tool Company catalog there is an illustration of their number 38 1/2 plane which is almost identical to your D.R. Barton plane
Re: Oh, Scott Burr - pics of low-angle woodie here
mikew
>Never thought a coffin shape would make a good miter plane.
Take care, Mike
Well Bill, very insteresting...
Scott Burr in really rainy Ben Lomond,CA
>Looks like a specialty plane to me. It's specialty? That's another story.
I got it! The the first BD low angle badger plane! It's got to be reformed to it's orignal pristene. With all this rain it might keep you busy for a while untill the sun comes out again. That said you have some time on your hands...
Very insteresting plane Bill, I hope somebody with more smarts than me speaks up about it.
Re: Oh, Scott Burr - pics of low-angle woodie here
paul womack
>Low angle and skewed has GOT to be for end grain.
My guess would be this is an ideal plane for use with a mitre jack (it's clearly no use on a shooting board due to the coffin body shape)
BugBear
Few more...
Todd Hughes
>Heres 3 more low angle wood planes. I sort of collect these things, probably got another 4 or 5 in a box somewhere but these 3 were out in my kitchen so figured I'd take a photo of them.
Not real common but not rare either. All that I have seen have been American and they always of course have single irons which do not have chip breakers because they are bevel up planes.Are longer then regular wood smoothers and I believe are a little better made as well. Years ago befor deciding to collect them and suffering under a sever attack of slow headness I sold a beautiful rosewood one by a Baltimore maker .......Todd
Just Noticed
Todd Hughes
>That the front one made by John Veit of Phila. is also made out of Rosewood. Kind of strange but think I never noticed it befor or if so just forgot. Weighs almost 1/2 lb. more then the same size beech one by the way.....Won't be letting this one get away!...Todd
Bill - more info please
Derek Cohen (in Perth Australia)
>Hi Bill
What is this thread about - it does pique my curiosity.
I know low angle woodies are fairly rare. Is this it?
Regards from Perth
Derek
Todd,
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA, gettin' soggy
>The bevel is down on the plane I have. It's not upside down, because the maker's mark is up when the bevel is down. Did someone regrind it?
Re: Todd,
Warren in Lancaster, PA
>I always assumed these planes were bevel down planes. Forty degrees would be near the lower limit for a bevel down plane.
Re: Bill - more info please
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA, gettin' soggy
>I found this at an estate sale a few weeks back (well, last year now). This sort of thing is pretty rare here on the Left Coast, and Scott, who lives about three hours south of me, was intrigued, and asked for pics.
Re: Todd,
Todd Hughes
>I think like low angle metal planes the blades were used bevel up and this explans why you never see one which has a chip breaker.I think the reason the blade logo is on the back is because of how the blade is laminated and that the blades used were the same ones as high angle bevel down blades but just put in upside down. If you take one of these bevel down laminated blades and grind it so that it is bevel up with the logo up it will be the softer iron that is doing the cutting then. I know I have definatly found them in old tool chests with the blade in them bevel up though that doesn't mean much ....Todd
Re: finding tools
Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI
>That is one of the nicest things about being a pack rat. It costs a bit to get there, but once you get there you can save a lot of money. Now instead of having to go to the flea market and buy a new tool to get the new tool rush, all I have to do is go out in the shop and find a tool I didn't know I had. It's really a great feeling.