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13th December 2008, 06:22 PM #1Senior Member
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Old marking gauge
Hello everyone from a new kid on the block.
Can anyone identify what I presume to be is some kind of heavy duty marking gauge. I lashed out 50 cents for it a local market, and so, after such expenditure, I would like to find a use for it. It is made in one piece and is stamped into the timber in a number of places with F.B.STOLZ. It is slightly blackened as though it has been too close to a fire. Please see attached photos (if I can get the flaming things to upload).
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13th December 2008, 06:47 PM #2
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13th December 2008, 07:23 PM #3
Hi Manana,
I thought, (and read that as 'I am guessing') that it is an old wooden router plane for doing groove work.
But, as Alex said others here will probably know for sure.
I would suggest that the stamped letters, (name) would be the owner's name, it appears to be stamped in more than one place. Perhaps he made it. Again, others to advise.
Cheers
Pops
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14th December 2008, 12:25 AM #4
I dont think it is a marking guage. As Pops said more like a routing plane or something to clean out grooves. Perhaps a shipwrights tool of some kind.
Regards
John
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14th December 2008, 06:40 AM #5SENIOR MEMBER
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Well done Mic.
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14th December 2008, 09:11 AM #6Deceased
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its an intresting tool you got there hope someone can shed some light on what it was used for.lloyd.
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14th December 2008, 10:21 AM #7
found one
I found one very similar in a book called "collectable hand tools" by Dominique Pascall.
When I have a bit of time to reconnect my scanner I shall post a pic'. However it is definitely a router plane.
Quote from book "This router plane Is a tool designed for smoothing bas relief sculptures"
Denn
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14th December 2008, 10:41 AM #8
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14th December 2008, 12:20 PM #9
Onya Denn,
Good book that one, wish I had bought it.
So where are the pics mate? Why are we waiting?
Alex, I have heard of the 'Grandma's Tooth' router plane but can't remember anything else about it. Where are all our old tools experts?
Cheers
Pops
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14th December 2008, 12:35 PM #10
That is an OWT or Old Woman's Tooth, sometimes called an Old Hag's Tooth. It is a router plane.
Make your own ...
http://www.inthewoodshop.com/ShopMad...%27sTooth.html
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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14th December 2008, 12:44 PM #11
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14th December 2008, 12:59 PM #12
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14th December 2008, 01:07 PM #13
There you go. Mystery solved.
Onya Den and Derek. New I had seen that new Old Hag's Tooth plane somewhere.
So I guess that makes the market find an old, Old Hag's Tooth Router Plane.
Cheers
Pops
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14th December 2008, 03:05 PM #14Senior Member
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Old Marking Gauge
Thanks to all of you who have posted comments about my bizzo - looking at it now, on it's side, it is obvious what it is. - a router plane.
Thanks again.
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