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T&G Planes--Board vs. Plank?
Ted Owen, Pittsburgh
>I've been looking for a set of Tongue-and-Groove wooden handplanes and am a bit confused by the terminology. Based upon an old Sandusky catalog, as well as the attached page from an old Ohio catalog, it appears T&G planes are called Match Pairs. Is that right?
What is meant by some being labeled Board and some Plank? Aside from optional features that were available, is it simply that Plank is the larger sizes?
Best, Ted
Re: T&G Planes--Board vs. Plank?
Ted Owen, Pittsburgh
>Trying the graphic again.
Re: T&G Planes--Board vs. Plank?
Wiley Horne--So. Calif.
>Ted,
I believe the 'plank' ones are handled, and were used for flooring, where you had many hundreds of feet to do.
Perhaps Larry W. or one of the experts can confirm.
Wiley
Re: T&G Planes--Board vs. Plank?
Ted Owen, Pittsburgh
>You can get either Board or Plank ones handled. Same goes for plating.
Thanks for the thought, though.
Best, Ted
Re: T&G Planes--Board vs. Plank?
MikeW
>Hi Ted,
Whelan identifies the main difference in that the board match's tongue plane is a side escapement (like a molding plane) whereas the plank match is a bench plane-type of escapement (up through the top).
Size/scale of the planes is an obvious difference, but not necessarily the resultant groove/tongue.
Here are my Buck board match T&G...with moving fillister type of fences.
Take care, Mike