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Gerry Cox's avatar

Peter, the first of the two planes you write about seems to have a lower blade angle than a smoothing plane. If so, it may well be a miter plane. These were made in two versions, one like a slimmer smoothing plane, the other rectangular.

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John Wolf's avatar

I would occasionally need woodworking tools in the course of my regular work, usually for hanging a gate or planing a door to fit, but also spoon carving tools for when someone made me wait. When I cleaned out my father's shop I rounded up existing tools or dead files to make what I might want. The resulting collection looked like it would fit in a box about the size of the big "American Heritage" dictionary in the living room. After making the box and fitting everything into its own space, I painted it red and wrote "American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language" in yellow on the front. It rides behind the seat of the truck (with a brace, ax and handsaw in the back) and has served me well, sometimes just as a reminder. Enjoy the chair class!

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