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This piece is approximately 14″ in length.
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While nobody guessed it EXACTLY, you mostly knew what you were looking at. This is a M.B. Tidey July 4th, 1854 Patent Double Beveling Plane.
This a a squareing plane …
Edge plane. Similar to what might be created using a router today.
Boot Stretcher
It a plane. Da plane, da plane.
The pictured item is a hand held moulding plane used for making edge detail patterns on wood pieces for furniture or trim.
I had to enlarge the picture to see the details, but this is an antique moulding planer, for making moulding for windows, doors, and other fine cabinetry(I am a woodworker and an antique tool buff). The handle is on the far end. I think this piece is probably from the mid 1800s.
This is an old school meat and/or cheese slicer. Perhaps it’s a block plane for trimming up specific pieces of wood. I see adjustments for angle of cut and for depth of cut. ( or thickness of cheese slice.) This item may be as old as the Revolutionary War.
Looks like an old wood plane
A double bevelling plow plane. I literally owned hundreds of old wooden planes back when I was collecting, but never saw one of these.
It’s a rare swivel molding plane for woodworking.
A Compound Miter/Joiner Plane. I would really like to have one of those, for my collection!
Thanks,
Greg
A wood plane for making the tongue on a tongue and groove board
It looks like a planing tool to me
I think it is a plane. Maybe a door plane.
Medieval torture device?
Or some sort of plane? Clamp?
Wood plane with edge guide
I think it’s some kind of adjustable woodworking plane. The thing that comes to mind is a tool for shaping decorative table edges before the days of electric routers.
This is a molding plane
Wood plane , for special work.