Thread: Very strange "rebate" plane...

Its a user made side rebate plane. for working the side of a rebate to open it up, or to make a dovetailed rebate...Many commercial makers offered a comparable pair or single plane for both options. Left and right to enable working with the grain.
Stanley made a pair #98 #99, also a double #79, Sargent made a double, Preston made quite a few very nice ones.
The seller doesn't know much about them.....price is from the optimist price guide.
Here is one

and another


Stanley pair,

Doh, of course it is! I didn't visualise it working on its side because it looked so massive; even though you've enlightened me I still think it would be a handful due to it's size. I guess the blades aren't that worn after all because it would be expected to slip into fairly narrow grooves.

Thank you Peter; I was hoping someone of your experience would spot this thread and provide the answer. I don't recall ever seeing any form of metal side rebate plane with skewed blades; that would be very handy for adjusting trench widths.

Originally Posted by lightwood

Its a user made side rebate plane. for working the side of a rebate to open it up, or to make a dovetailed rebate...Many commercial makers offered a comparable pair or single plane for both options. Left and right to enable working with the grain.
Stanley made a pair #98 #99, also a double #79, Sargent made a double, Preston made quite a few very nice ones.
The seller doesn't know much about them.....price is from the optimist price guide.
Here is another

now that is a very neat (user made?) side rebate plane

Stanley no 79 is a double sided one with a depth stop. Got one in the plane box somewhere.

Here's another I had out in the stash.
H.