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Thread: Some old woodies
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26th September 2010, 07:07 PM #16
sharpening the whole back of the blade wont change the profile, keep the whole back of the blade flat against the side of either a low speed whetstone or a very fine emery paper on glass, give it a half a minute then check the sharpness, just a touch up after probably 100 feet of timber would suffice, providing you haven't nicked the blade, the profile is very hard to do without special machinery set to very tight tolerances, I dont recommend "winging it"
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26th September 2010, 10:06 PM #17New Member
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Mallock Planes
I just fount this on the net: So ir would seem my Malloch plane is almost 100 years old, since it has Perth stamped on it.
Malloch, David
1850 – 1860
57 South Methven St, Perth
1860 – 1870
25 St John St & Kirkside, Perth
1870 – 1878
50 South St, Perth
Malloch, David & Son
1878 – 1913
50 South St, Perth (The Perth Plane Works)
1914 – 1932>
11 East Campbell St, Glasgow
Subsidiary of Alexander Mathieson, Glasgow
When John McGlashan died in June 1849, his business was taken over by David Malloch who was almost certainly an employee. Malloch also worked for Stewart in Edinburgh as shown by his mark “MALLOCH LATE OF STEWART’S EDINH”.
In the 1851 census he is recorded as employing 5 men. Also recorded are his wife, two daughters and a son (William) aged two years. Living with the family was his brother-in-law, William McLaren, aged 18 years and also a planemaker.
A notice in the Perthshire Courier of Tuesday 26 April 1870, recorded that “David Malloch, Plane Manufacturer and Edge Tool Merchant …. has removed from Kirkside to more commodious premises at 50 South St. …”
It is apparent that the Malloch business had steadily grown and with the move to South St, further expansion was possible. These were extensive premises for a firm that seems to have undertaken little or no other work than planemaking.
The firm closed in Perth in 1913 but the name was purchased by Alexander Mathieson of Glasgow. Presumably the good name of Malloch was a considerable trading advantage as Mathieson were still listing the firm at 11 East Campbell St, Glasgow up to 1932 and it would seem likely that planes were still being supplied with the Malloch mark or there would have been no reason to maintain the directory listing.
After Mathieson, Malloch was probably the most prolific Scottish planemaker and his name is common amongst planes sold by dealers. Model numbers found on some planes are an indicator that they were made by Mathieson after the takeover.
I will clean them up and take some photos.
Also the Mathiesons have the star and crescent stamped on them.
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26th September 2010, 11:01 PM #18Novice
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Bob,
Emir is an English maker, which started in 1932 as a branch of the German company ECE (E. C. Emmerich, maker of the PRIMUS planes). Here's some history:
About us | EMIR
Wolfgang
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26th September 2010, 11:22 PM #19.
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Thanks Wolfgang.
The educational link is interesting. One thing I found out about the set I picked up was they at one time belonged to a woodwork teacher at a technical college. This might explain why the set has 3 identical Emir rebate planes, when the old woodies were no longer used in technical colleges in the 1950's and 60s it is likely that these were disposed of and the teacher picked them up.
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