Thread: Anyone Actually Using a Mitre Plane?

I almost had a Stanley 9 . Chipped and cheap. I missed it though so never have tried one . It looks that it would handle the same way as the old ones though . Except the hot dog improvement . That looks good.

highroller in post 29 linked to a Robert Towell Mitre resto by Jim Hendrix . He added an Ebony Hot Dog to either that plane or another like it . He posted it on Isntagram . Have you fellows been checking out whats on Instagram . Pretty good !!

Not sure if it has been mentioned yet but the Stanley 62 is a step ahead of the old Mitres for its Handling qualities in the upright position. Handles front and back and an adjustable mouth. I have one of those to play with .

With shooting on a board I find there is a lot of ways it has to be done . Id love a Stanley 51 and 52 , Ive never come across a bargain though and Ive slowed almost to a complete stop with tool buying. The problem with buying Stanley is it can go on and on and never stop if you get the collecting bug . Ive fought off the bug a long time ago and stuck to buying users in wood, iron, and cast iron . I love being able to pick a time and an appropriate tool for the style and the wood I'm using.

Sharing them around for use in the workshop with younger guys is good too , along with stories of the cabinet trade at the time and how they were made .

Same with the clients they love it too . Part of the sizzle that sells the sausage as my Dad used to say .

We used to lay on the sizzle if they showed interest, lol, easy when its your passion . Their wife is trying to get the guy out the door and I cant stop talking . Then four months later a Farmer walks in, and says his brother was in here and said this is the place to buy a table . " he said you had some shiny planes "

And some Tall Bearer Tables

Edit . I just did an Edit, taken from the Spiers Book by Lampert, to the dates and info on the Spiers add in post 40 .

Rob

Yes Rob, there is some fine stuff being shared on Instagram in the woodwork community.
Jim did a fine job with that plane.

I don't have an infill mitre plane but I did recently acquire another type of mitre plane, namely a Rogers Patent Mitre Plane.
You can read about them here:
http://www.leevalley.com/us/newslett.../5/patents.pdf
The Rogers Miter Planer
I picked mine up for much less than a 51/52 or a Vintage mitre.
Mine is the smallest model from pre Millers Falls ownership circa 1890.
It has Simonds blades. I'm away at the moment but I'll post some pics when I get back.

I don't mean to derail, but you guys should add me on Instagram.

@man_meets_wood

Interesting tid-bit

H.O. Studley of Studley Tool Chest fame was a piano maker.
His tool chest doesn't contain a #9 or other obviously recognizable miter plane.
(EDIT: the sentence above is wrong, as Peter (Lightwood) correctly notes below, I should have looked in more detail at the tools in Studley's chest.)

Edit: curious [Perhaps not surprising] when you consider that miter planes are said to be tools of the piano makers trade.

Originally Posted by ian

Interesting tid-bit

H.O. Studley of Studley Tool Chest fame was a piano maker.
His tool chest doesn't contain a #9 or other obviously recognizable miter plane.

Curious when you consider that miter planes are said to be tools of the piano makers trade.

Ian,
There is a #9 in there.
Cheers,
Peter

That took some searching to be able to see that.

Its there.

Rob

Originally Posted by hiroller

I don't have an infill mitre plane but I did recently acquire another type of mitre plane, namely a Rogers Patent Mitre Plane.
You can read about them here:
http://www.leevalley.com/us/newslett.../5/patents.pdf
The Rogers Miter Planer
I picked mine up for much less than a 51/52 or a Vintage mitre.
Mine is the smallest model from pre Millers Falls ownership circa 1890.
It has Simonds blades. I'm away at the moment but I'll post some pics when I get back.

Very Nice !

Originally Posted by auscab

... Id love a Stanley 51 and 52 , Ive never come across a bargain though ..
Rob

Rob, I paid about $500 (I don't recall exactly) for this #51/52 a decade ago.




Of course, it needed a lot of restoration, and the broken frog scared all the others away in the auction.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by lightwood

Ian,
There is a #9 in there.
Cheers,
Peter

you are right

I should have looked more closely.

(I've edited my original post)

Originally Posted by derekcohen

Rob, I paid about $500 (I don't recall exactly) for this #51/52 a decade ago.

Bargain Derek!

How was the frog fixed ?
It looks like a one off of a type , hard to get thing .

Rob

Originally Posted by ian

...... In particular I note the other Ian's report that a miter plane purchased around 1850 was still in regular industrial use over 100 years later.

Nope, not me, that were Lightwood. This Ian has a very limited knowledge of tools & tool history- several orders of magnitude less than Peter's!

Cheers,

Originally Posted by lightwood

.....There is a #9 in there.....

Yup, 4th from the left - the big brass(?) knob is a dead giveaway...

Originally Posted by auscab

Bargain Derek!

How was the frog fixed ?
It looks like a one off of a type , hard to get thing .

Rob

Rob, the frog was brazed. This was a common problem and a common fix for the Stanley#51. The weak area is the frog, which is a different design to that of the bench planes.

Here you see a #3 (same size) on the left, and the #51 on the right ..



LN incorporated a #5 1/2 frog into their plane. Veritas used a BU version in their version. Both are great planes, but the real prize in my original purchase was the #52 shooting board.

The #52 is sublime with the Veritas shooting plane ..



Regards from Perth

Derek

Originally Posted by IanW

Nope, not me, that were Lightwood. This Ian has a very limited knowledge of tools & tool history- several orders of magnitude less than Peter's!

Cheers,

I did have a bad day, didn't I.