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I have been fascinated with antique handplanes, and people making modern reproductions of and new takes on them, for years. I have a modest collection of planes, and am taking early steps into making some of my own. Plow planes of all types, wooden planes, and infill planes are my favorites.

Here I collect notes from my projects, document in-progress planes, and offer drawings and measurements of some of the antique planes in my collection.

Featured Planes

Infill panel plane on white background
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Infill Panel Plane

Unknown Maker • c. 1900-1920

Cast shell, rosewood or mahogany infill

ISAAC GREAVES iron & HEARNSHAW chipbreaker. Bronze cap and knurled locking screw. "2 1/4" is cast into the back of the lever cap. Oxidized but very clean iron frame. The front bun is attached with a partially lapped screw up through the sole. The front bun is likely a replacement as it is of a different wood than the rear and the pattern does not appear in the catalogs of the major makers of the period.

Sole
15 3/4" x ?"
Iron
2 1/4"
Pitch
?°
Auction picture of Brese 812-50S
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812-50S Smoothing Plane

Ron Brese • c. 2009

Ex-collection of Fred West Jr.

Sole
8" x ?"
Iron
?"
Pitch
?°
Spiers Ayr No.7A panel plane on bench
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No. 7 Smoothing Plane

Spiers (Ayr) • c. 1890s

Dovetailed shell, rosewood infill

Parallel THOS. IBBOTSON iron. SPIERS-AYR staped upside down on the lever cap.*

Sole
9"
Iron
2 1/8"
Pitch
50°