Thread: Bridge City Plane

What're the holes in the sole for? Does it steam the wood as you go (can't see the lead & plug, though)?


Cheers,

Dual low angle??

Does this mean it can be reversed? Is that 2 mouth openings?

Shane, I think it has only one mouth - that thumb-screw & groove behind the frog look like they have something to do with changing blade angle.

That's about the most conventional Bridge-City plane I've seen in a while. You either love their stuff or you don't & I'm in the latter group, I'm afraid. Perhaps there's an element of 'sour grapes', because I'm as big a sucker for 'nice' tools as anyone, but I could never afford even their least expensive items.......

Cheers,

I tend to agree. There are plenty of ideas at Bridge City but the price prevents me taking a punt.
Regards
John

They are countersunk Allen headed bolts for the front and rear adjustable sole.
The mate is a turner and he's been given most planes made by bridge city.
I was intending to get pics the others but got involved in making and then had a 5 1/2 hour drive back to Red Deer so forgot.
Maybe next year.
H.

Originally Posted by clear out

... and then had a 5 1/2 hour drive back to Red Deer so forgot.
Maybe next year.
H.

if you're coming across to the mountains in the next day or so, I suggest you avoid the likely crowds on Sat and Sunday.

The plane looks like this one:
CT-12 40-Degree Bench Plane - Bridge City Tool Works
The manual is for this one:
CT-18 Dual Low Angle Smoothing Plane - Commemorative Tools - Discontinued Tools - Other Products - Bridge City Tool Works

I've never had much of a penchant for their tools either. I've never used one, seen one, etc., so I can't comment on their functionality. I'm sure it's of a high quality.

They do seem to pay a lot of attention to detail though. I'll give them that.

I agree, it looks like a mechanism to change the bedding angle. I could see that being useful, and I could also see it... not. It would have to work flawlessly and easily, without hindering the plane in any way.

Did you get to use it?

Cheers,
Luke

Originally Posted by hiroller

The plane looks like this one:
CT-12 40-Degree Bench Plane - Bridge City Tool Works
.....

Darn it Gavin - how did you find that so easily? I searched a couple of times but could not find anything on BC's website that looked like the plane Henry showed us. I think you nailed it, but I'm still not a lot wiser after reading their blurb - does the CT-12 have alterable blade angles or just an adjustable mouth?

Cheers,

Edit: I took a decent look at the pics by blowing them up, and there is a 'degree' scale below that thumbscrew behind the frog, so I think we can safely assume it is an adjustable-angle frog. Looks like the lever cap is fixed, but the frog bed rotates back to lower the bedding angle, wich explains that very long lever cap screw, too....

Originally Posted by clear out

I'm a bit out of touch nowadays with what's happening in the plane world but a mate I'm staying with in Saskatoon dug this out for me yesterday.
H.

Hi H

They got king size metal munching wood borers in Saskatoon, or what ???


Graeme

The CT in the name is for Commemorative Tool. There is a new one each year.
There isn't a lot of info about this plane online. There was one for sale earlier this month but it didn't sell @ US$1,225.
Bridge City Tools ~ LIMITED EDITION ~ CT-12 40° Bench Plane with Walnut Case | eBay
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That doesn't look to have the adjustable throat.
I have to email mike re some books I'm posting him for his son Jason so I'll ask for more detail.
H.

'Tis indeed a beautiful thing.

Meanwhile, back in the more mundane world which most of us inhabit, Dual Angle Smoother = Veritas Bevel Up Smoother, plus an extra blade with a different microbevel angle....

The only BC product I could ever afford was this one, which isn't quite in the same class as the Commemorative Tools

KM-1 Kerfmaker - Bridge City Tool Works

Has proved very useful though, especially when the tablesaw is fitted with a combo blade which gives a flat-bottomed kerf.

Originally Posted by hiroller

The CT in the name is for Commemorative Tool. There is a new one each year.
There isn't a lot of info about this plane online. There was one for sale earlier this month but it didn't sell @ US$1,225......

Henry beat me to it. Definitely not the same as the Saskatoon plane, frog looks much simpler, & fixed, no bed angle changing with this one.....

I wonder what will happen to most of these unused tools when the owners move on to other pursuits (or other worlds). Will there be a rush of donations to museums, or will their children just chuck them in the wheely bin....

Cheers,