Thread: What plane is this?

Looks like it might be to cut a sliding dovetail.

Originally Posted by jmk89

Looks like it might be to cut a sliding dovetail.

OK Jeremy - yes you could be right.
Perhaps used in its side as in pic 1 and 2, it cuts the tail, and upright the plane smooths the bottom of the dovetail socket.
The all in one dovetail plane then.

Its used to sharpen builders pencils

Originally Posted by Scribbly Gum

Greetings Rhykenologists,
Can you identify this plane's purpose?

SG

I think a Matheson designed this after Hogmanay - its way of spreading the confusion

Neil

I would just have a go on a bit of wood with it and see what it does.

Hi Tom.

What a bizarre plane.. but what a great find
It looks home made and from the way the screws on the brass plate have been cut through to make one of the mouths? (what is that silver U shape in the first photo? a slitter?) it looks to me like somebody was making it up as they went?
Somebody's answer to a repeatable and finely adjustable groove (T-slot?) obviously whatever the cut was it was required enough to drive somebody to spend a sleepless night putting your plane together to make the job easier.

I'm sure somebody will come in and prove me wrong soon

I rather like Patrick's description of a "collision of porcupine and wood plane"