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   BG | Apr 04, 2003 08:30pm | #1

   Cherry John,

   You might enjoy this link...

   http://www.sover.net/~nichael/nlc-wood/stanref-type.html

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   eddiefromaustralia | Apr 04, 2003 10:46pm | #2

   (Richard Jones/Larry Williams/Konrad Sauer - if you're out there, have you seen any factory-attached metal soles on a wooden smoother?)

   Hi John,

   I've got a few (?) wooden planes too.

   I wouldn't get put off by the fact that the screws are 'headed', as all tradesmen in former British colonies are still trained today to head screws (align all slots the same direction, either with the grain or at 45 degrees to it for a whimsical touch) as part of their training.

   I'd suggest that you have the plane of a cabinetmaker that was his favourite, and when the sole wore to such an extent that it couldn't make a shaving any more (mouth too big), he re-soled the plane in metal.

   I'm not aware of Spiers or Norris doing this, and I don't think that Mathieson did so either.

   Larry and Konrad both make excellent wooden planes, Larry in the traditional style, Konrad as infills.  Perhaps they can shed more light on this if I've led you up the wrong path.

   Cheers,

   eddie

   
   

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   Edited 4/4/2003 3:50:48 PM ET by eddie (aust)

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   cherryjohn | Apr 05, 2003 05:58pm | #4

   Eddie

   I went out to my shop situated in a quaint part of the former Colonies.....we call it New Hampshire! and looked at the mouth of the plane real closely.  where the wood and the steel meet at the mouth the is virtually no difference in the dimension.  If the sole had been steeled the steel mouth would be significantly narrower than the wooden section, nes pas? ( opps.seeing way too much of Dominique De Villpain on TV I guess!).  I also noted the fact that the steel throat opening is finely done.  Not like someone with a hand tool could have done........looks to be punched out.  There are 14 screws holding this sole on, all very symetrically placed.   Anyway there is a name on the tool but I think it must be an owners name.  The Name is A.L Lane and under this in bigger type are the initials ALL.  I flattened the blade and sharpened it and the son of a gun cuts a real fine shaving!

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   SawdustSteve | Apr 05, 2003 05:12am | #3

   OK, you've goy my interest up.  Is there any name or names stamped into the front (toe) of the plane??  Is there any name on the blade?  SawdustSteve

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   cherryjohn | Apr 05, 2003 06:01pm | #5

   Steve.see my response to eddie about the name on the tool.  Also, the iron seems to have had the top of it cut down as only the part " and Sons" is there now.  Under that there is printed " st. steel warented"  I know that goes no where in telling you anything about its origin.

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   eddiefromaustralia | Apr 05, 2003 11:38pm | #6

   Hi John,

   The blade will give you an idea of country of  origin.

   Can you make out a logo on the blade? 

   Looks as though you'll need to go to the big guns on this one!

   eddie

   ps:  (edit)  the ?????st steel Warranted is actually Cast Steel Warranted.  Sets the blade as being UK 1850-1920 (approx)

   Edited 4/5/2003 4:40:12 PM ET by eddie (aust)