Todays mystery item for the wood botherers

[winchman]

Got a bundle of bits from the local Flea market, i through this in as I liked the look of to so any ideas what its for? I know it's a plane but never seen one like it? Liverpool maker too

 

[Blobber]

I think its just a bullnose plane

 

[winchman]

I think its just a bullnose plane

Are they for end grain? Just thought I have never seen one in all my years of collecting

 

[Blobber]

I didnt say I knew what it was used for

 

[RonMig]

What does the base look like - does the blade go right up to the front edge.... would be useful for getting into tight spaces...

 

[winchman]

What does the base look like - does the blade go right up to the front edge.... would be useful for getting into tight spaces...

thanks I will look

 

[Seadog]

Chisel plane?

 

[Divingdad]

We called them ‘bob planes’ used in areas, usually internal surfaces, not accessible for two handed tools.

 

[cocker]

Looks like an older version of a bullnose plane , be handy for easing doors especially at the bottom

 

[winchman]

What does the base look like - does the blade go right up to the front edge.... would be useful for getting into tight spaces...

Yes the blade cutting edge is just behind the brass plate

 

[Turbo]

Most younger people would know that as a lamp base!

 

[Turbo]

There was a bloke who used to attend our men's shed who would buy old planes, convert them to lamps and flog them in his wife's tea room type cafe that had a lot of tourist trade. His work was shoddy and was ruining a good vintage plane so he was not popular with the other members.

He no longer attends, too busy with his new job - a traffic warden!

 

[Ian X]

Most younger people would know that as a lamp base!

I thought we were still on the pipe fittings and valve wheel craze, showing my age.

 

[clift_d]

Chisel plane?

Yep. That's what it looks like. Having the cutting edge of the blade so close to the nose of the plane allows you to finish a surface right into a corner. A more recent example would be something like a Record 077A plane, where the nose that can be detached to turn it into a chisel plane