Any Idea What This Tool Is?
One of our members brought in this tool, but we have no idea what it is. If you know the name or the purpose of this tool, please let us know in the comment section. Below is another mystery tool.
Fitting a square peg in a round hole
How would you go about making a dowel without power tools? Perhaps you could fashion it on a lathe, smash it through a doweling plate or shape it with a drawknife. Now, if you need a long tapered dowel as you might need with a pool cue, fishing rod or golf club shaft, what are your options? This article takes you through rounder planes, stail engines, widgets, trapping planes as well as the Stanley 77 dowel maker as it pertains to hickory golf shaft making.
The Stanley 55 Plane...More Than A Paperweight
If you have just pulled out your Stanley 55 universal hand plane from the depths of the harbor, wipe off the barnacles and find yourself a real boat anchor. There is hope for the good old Stanley 55, and it can be used for its intended purpose as a hand plane to replace a whole tool chest of planes.
Another Meaning of Hybrid Woodworking: The Stanley 55 "Saw Plane"?
Resawing boards by hand is tough work and it can be especially frustrating when the saw drifts off course ruining the workpiece. To better guide the saw, a cutting gauge can be used to score lines around the edges of the board. The deeper the groove, the more likely the saw will follow a straight course. But, a cutting gauge can only cut so far. If you can combine a saw with a fenced hand plane, then cuts along the edge will stay true.
Introducing...The Stanley 55 Saw Plane. It kerfs. It dovetails. It rabbets.
Unique Shoot Board Plane
I came across this unusual plane at an antique store. It weighs over 10 pounds and appears to have been made of solid cast iron and steel. I assumed this was some sort of shoot board plane. There are no identifying marks on the plane or the cutters. There are two cutters that cut from the side of the plane. There is a straight cutter on one side and a 20° beveled cutter on the other side, the latter I thought was used somehow to make sliding dovetails. I thought this plane could work better than my existing planes for a shoot board, so I went ahead and bought it. If it did not work, it would make a nice replacement paperweight for my Stanley 55.
