Sunday/Monday It's all the same to me.

Re: Sunday/Monday It's all the same to me.

One would be a spill plane. Used to make long curls that were used like a match to move fire around a house.

Shoe cobbling nail maker...

I don't recall the name, but the plane made diamond shaped grooves.

One run across the stock, then another perpendicular created little pointed crests. You could then split off each little "nail" for use in cobbling shoes.

~Dan.

Dans the men so far!

Re: Shoe cobbling nail maker...

That sounds like an interesting plane. If you happen to think of the name, it might be interesting to look it up.

Re: Sunday/Monday It's all the same to me.

Not wood, but how about one of those ice cutting planes for making the ice shavings?

Re: Sunday/Monday It's all the same to me.

How about the veneer plane.

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Three planes that come to mind. The Spill Plane as Dan pointed out was used to produce a long tightly coiled shaving. These were used as kindling matches to transfer fire and to light smokes.

The shoe peg plane as Dan pointed out was to make square tapered point by running the fenced v-pointed iron in one direction and following that with a run perpendicular, with the result of the cross hatch being put into the wood which was then split out with a chisel. This plane did not produce a shaving more important than the surface. So while unusual, not this time as an answer so I have to withdraw credit for that answer. On the Shoe-peg the sole of the plane had fifteen or more sharp v shaped grooves running its length which made it easier to set the fence and is unusual to look at. Think of the final result as a quantity of 1/16� to 1/8" thick square toothpicks �� long to be used as a nails on shoes.

My second plane is the reasonably common blind nailing plane which digs a set distance into the surface. This plane gouges out a curl on a perfectly good surface so that a nail can be driven home underneath the curl and then the curled gouge is glued down afterwards so that no nail or filled hole shows. I�m told that the result is almost invisible but for me, I wouldn�t take the chance.

The third plane is a Spelk Plane. Bill gets credit, but he's thinking big knives. This plane is in effect a veneer cutter and makes shavings of a certain width and thickness for weaving baskets or bending into small boxes and edges for tops. Shakers used the strips for baskets and hats. I haven�t seen any Shaker seats woven of wood from such a plane but it is possible. The wood should be at least slightly green. The Japanese have a plane that does this type of work to make wide shavings for use as one would use paper to wrap gifts. Depending on the shaving width and/or thickness more than one person may be needed to push/pull the plane.

Re: Shoe cobbling nail maker...

The only reference I have is "The Handplane Book" by Garret Hack.

On page 222, followed by spill, spelk and blind nailers. Going to the book first gets me the box though right? ;)

As Gary describes it is called a shoe peg plane.

From the book:

"Burlington, Vermont, was once the shoe-peg capital of the nation, where the single largest factory cut as many as four hundred bushels of shoe pegs daily!"

~Dan.

I vote no box

I wouldn't favor sending a person to the box when it was me that didn't provide the original source of my information which was Hack's book.

Re: I vote no box

That book was the source for my answer also, but it was just from memory which was why the only one I could think of was the spill plane. ;-)