My great great grandfather's planes
I just returned from a short trip back to the Vaterland.
On that opportunity I ordered myself some bow and frame saw blades.
But then I was also surprised by the 6 wooden planes in the picture.
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The three on the right belonged to my Grandfather
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As far as we know they were a gift to him by some business partner. He has never really used them. They are all English made. A molding plane, a hollow and a sash moving filister plane.
The molding plane is missing some pieces of the boxing. That needs to be repaired. I know boxwood is hard to find here. What timber can be used instead?
Anyway the other three belonged to my great great grandfather (1874-1957). A scrubplane, a smoother and a rebate plane.
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He was a ship carpenter and cabinet maker on the shipyards in northern Germany. As far as we know he predominantly worked on the interiors of the ships and cabins. For me these are special as they connect me to him.
My uncle gave them to me as I am the only one in the family working with hand tools.
I will clean and fix them all up again and research their origin. I'll post the results then here as I go along.
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