Patternmaker's Plane

Country of origin
Great Britain
Material
Bronze, Mahogany
Condition
Very good
Name
B.BEAN
Reference
#160-478D-A2

Plane for interchangeable soles. Additional soles and irons are missing. Cast, polished bronze box, 3 mm walls, 170x35 mm, height 8 mm at the front and back, 24 mm in the middle. On the side, there are open slanted slots 6x13/18 mm for the blade cap. This is made of bronze, 30 mm wide, with two 5 mm cams, 60 mm high, with a 19x4 mm cutout at the bottom, rounded to 17 mm at the top with 6 mm thread, thickness 0-6 mm. Bronze with a knurled screw head, 6 mm. A vertical center piece with a 44° chamfered upper edge and the likewise slanted mouth ridge of the sole serve as the iron stop. In the front is a wood insert, 5.6x3.5 cm, fitted with a square retaining head of 3.1x2.5 cm. The rear wood insert is 7.5x3.5 cm with a nicely rounded, 6 cm overhanging, piston wood handle. The bronze sole has two bayonet slots Ø 6 mm, 14 mm long, for locking into two screws in the wood sole. The mouth width in bronze is 9 mm (smaller in the wood soles). Four countersunk screws hold the two wood inserts. The interchangeable sole is 17 cm long and 3.6 cm wide.

Iron: 29 mm (1⅛") Cutting angle: 44°

Condition: A really very nice plane. Unfortunately, additional soles and irons are missing.

Inscription: "9 RAL" on sole.


Weight in Grammes. Measurement in millimeters. Figures approximate.
Weight Length Width Height
485 230 35 68
Weight: 1.07 lbs, 17.11 oz
Length 9.06 in Width 1.38 in Height 2.68 in

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