What seems like a long time ago, I decided, if I was going to collect and use Old woodworking tools in my job as a Cabinet Maker, doing custom builds and Antique restoration , that I was not going to just stack up planes and tools of all makes , but that I would divide it into groups that covered the evolution in general, of woodworking tools. Three main sections .
The wooden period , the infill period and the cast iron period.
When it came to infill planes I liked Stewart Spiers and I started and stuck to following and using his planes . The more early the better, some models I have one of, and others more of, and the smoother is one of them , I may have 5 or 6 ?
Any way here are three of them , Two for certain because they are stamped with his name and the third in many ways is most probably but the name is not there , which you see all the time .
No 1 on the left is my first Spiers plane that I bought, I have shaved a lot of Mahogany and Red ceder with this when I am doing that sort of work .
No 2 in the middle is a rare find I got off local ebay , I had to buy the whole tool box full of tools to get this Gem out of its dusty bottom, the listing had the boxes contents spread out on a shed floor , this plane just visible in the distance, when I went to pick it up I went through the box and found it , wiped off some dirt on it's brass bridge, to see an upside down fine Spiers Ayr . A Screw sided wedged version , his first type of smoother I'm pretty sure, its rough but takes beautiful fine perfect shavings with it's curved blade and fine mouth .
No 3 is rare as well ,screw sided, not stamped but it has all the makers features of Mr Spiers, I am assured . this also turned up on local ebay a few months back , listed just as an old plane I think ? it popped up in the bottom left corner of my screen , one of those things ebay thought I might be interested in , I nearly fell off my chair !!
No blade .no original knob. And when it got to me, no stamp . It does not work yet and I will give it a gentle clean up and fit that blade properly , and make a period looking knob for it one day.
The three of them are sitting on an almost finished Huon pine table we just made . 2.8 x 1.1 , Hand planed all over with no 1 and 2 you see there . Like shaving butter with a hot knife . :)
Rob
The wooden period , the infill period and the cast iron period.
When it came to infill planes I liked Stewart Spiers and I started and stuck to following and using his planes . The more early the better, some models I have one of, and others more of, and the smoother is one of them , I may have 5 or 6 ?
Any way here are three of them , Two for certain because they are stamped with his name and the third in many ways is most probably but the name is not there , which you see all the time .
No 1 on the left is my first Spiers plane that I bought, I have shaved a lot of Mahogany and Red ceder with this when I am doing that sort of work .
No 2 in the middle is a rare find I got off local ebay , I had to buy the whole tool box full of tools to get this Gem out of its dusty bottom, the listing had the boxes contents spread out on a shed floor , this plane just visible in the distance, when I went to pick it up I went through the box and found it , wiped off some dirt on it's brass bridge, to see an upside down fine Spiers Ayr . A Screw sided wedged version , his first type of smoother I'm pretty sure, its rough but takes beautiful fine perfect shavings with it's curved blade and fine mouth .
No 3 is rare as well ,screw sided, not stamped but it has all the makers features of Mr Spiers, I am assured . this also turned up on local ebay a few months back , listed just as an old plane I think ? it popped up in the bottom left corner of my screen , one of those things ebay thought I might be interested in , I nearly fell off my chair !!
No blade .no original knob. And when it got to me, no stamp . It does not work yet and I will give it a gentle clean up and fit that blade properly , and make a period looking knob for it one day.
The three of them are sitting on an almost finished Huon pine table we just made . 2.8 x 1.1 , Hand planed all over with no 1 and 2 you see there . Like shaving butter with a hot knife . :)
Rob
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