 | Cabinetmaker's Router
Cabinetmaker's Router with ornate wooden block and iron cutter held by an iron wedge; block is chestnut. This ornately scrolled block is considered typically European, specifically German or Swiss. Cutter is made from 7/16" bar stock. |
 | Double router
A double router with 1/8" blades 6" long. Fences are iron and adjustable by metal screws with square nuts. Blades secured with wooden wedges. Frame has a deep yoke with cut shoulders. Probably used in coachmaking. |
 | shooting stick
This pine board is a so-called "shooting stick," a jig used in planing the parts of a wooden window frame called window muntins. There are two slots or grooves in the top of the jig to hold the stock while it is being planed. The rear slot is 1 1/8" wide. It is plain, and formed by nailing a... |
 | Molding Plane
Craftsman-made bead and flat ogee molding plane. Beechwood stock with chamfered edges and stop chamfered corners. Shoulder on right side relieved with cove molding. Discharge slot on right; integral fence on left side of sole. Pitch of long shanked iron about 60. Beechwood wedge. This plane was used... |
 | molding plane
Craftsman-made complex molding plane. Stock is probably maple, with chamfered edges and stop chamfered corners. Discharge slot on right side; integral fence on left side of sole. Pitch of long shanked iron about 60 degrees. Cherry (?) wedge is a replacement. Marked on toe: "SW/1799". |
 | Hollow plane
Craftsman-made plane for cutting a 1/2" diameter groove. Beechwood stock with chamfered edges and stop chamfered corners; corners are also gouge-relieved below stop chamfers. Discharge slot on right side. Beechwood wedge. Stamped on toe: "SW". Matches a 1/2" rounding plane in the same collection,... |
 | molding plane
Professionally made ogee molding plane. It has a birch stock with chamfered edges and stop chamfered corners. The shoulder on the right side is relieved with cove molding and chip carved ends. Pitch of iron is 45 degrees. The beech wedge has a circular top. Marked: "I COX" in serrated border. Also,... |
 | Rounding plane
A craftsman-made 1/2" rounding plane. The beechwood stock has chamfered edges and stop chamfered corners; corners are also scooped with a gouge below stop chamfers. Discharge slot on right side has been crudely enlarged with a gouge. Beechwood wedge. Marked on toe: "SW". Matches a 1/2" howwling... |
 | Grooving plane
A very crude, craftsman-made small grooving plane. Stock is probably maple but very poorly finished and the ends are not square. There is a centered 3/16" wide keel on the sole. Discharge slot is on the right and relieved at the bottom. A crude fence is screwed to the left side of the stock. Wedge... |
 | Sash plane
Craftsman-made sash plane. The short beechwood stock has rounded edges and stop chamfered corners. Discharge slot is on the right side. The long shanked iron cuts 1/2" ovolo bead on edge of a window sash frame. Wedge is from another old plane. There is a slight longitudinal radius to sole. Stock is... |
 | Rounding plane
This professionally made rounding plane makes a 1" cut. The stock is probably birch, with chamfered edges and stop chamfered corners; corners on left side are also relieved with a gouge. Shoulder on right side is decorated with a cove molding. Pitch of the iron is 45 degrees. A mark stamped on the... |
 | Rounding plane
A simple, craftsman-made rounding plane with an arched sole. The rectangular maple or birch stock has chamfered edges and corners, and a dovetail shaped mouth. Wedge has a rounded top. The iron (now missing) was bedded at a pitch of about 45 degrees. The sole has 1" wide groove on its long axis and... |
 | Rounding plane
Craftsman-made rounding or "spar" plane. The stock is either maple or birch and has chamfered edges and corners. Dovetail-shaped mouth. Short beech wedge has a rounded top. Exceptionally long (6 5/8") iron bedded at about 55 degrees is 1 1/2" wide. Front portion of sole is worn 1/4" in height. Stock... |
 | Smoothing plane
Crude, craftsman-made smoothing plane. Beechwood stock is only slightly boat shaped. Edges and corners are roughly chamfered. Dovetail shaped mouth has 3 chip carved notches on leading edge. The wedge, which fits loosely and may not be original, has cut corners. Iron is missing but was bedded at... |
 | Smoothing plane
This professionally made smoothing plane has a boxwood stock in a typical boat-shaped pattern. The corners are slightly chamfered. Dovetail shaped throat has scooped top edges. 45 degree bed is slotted to accept screw indicating the missing iron was a double plane iron type. Cheeks of stock have...
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