Smoothing Plane

Country of origin
Great Britain
Material
Bronze, Rosewood
Condition
Very good
Reference
#765-440B-E2

Double iron. Polished bronze body (gunmetal). Wall thickness 5 mm, sole 6 mm, set into the frame by 1 mm. Front wooden infill 3.5/4.5×6.6×5 cm. Lever cap in bronze 100×56/18/25×0–16 mm with a 10 mm threaded round nut and a 46 mm long screw, thread WW 16G 3/8", with an 11 mm high knurled twin head Ø 27 mm. The cap is held laterally by two steel screws. Behind it, as the cap iron bed, a wooden infill 20×6.6/2.5×12 cm with a projecting, fully-carved closed wooden handle (saw-handle type). Opening 7×3 cm. The wooden infills are secured all around with eight bronze screws. Sole is steel, mouth 56×12 mm. The walls of the bronze body are let into the wood and neatly rounded out at the shaving aperture.

Double iron: 55 mm    Cutting angle: 44°
Markings: 1. SORBY WARRANTED (cast steel), SHEFFIELD




Weight in Grammes. Measurement in millimeters. Figures approximate.
Weight Length Width Height
2645 260 66 130
Weight: 5.83 lbs, 93.3 oz
Length 10.24 in Width 2.6 in Height 5.12 in

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