A long time ago I did some trading with an antique dealer.
 In the process I ended up with a box of plow plane irons.
Some are marked "Ohio Tool Co", some are marked
"???ts & French warranted cast steel"  and some are
stamped " MH TRASK" which looks like an owners
stamp (found on some Ohio Tool irons).    Some of the
irons had the tops ground to remove hammer adjustment
marks.  The narrowest is 5/32" and the widest is 19/32".
They all came in a wooden box that had the label painted
out.  The box has a sliding cover.

I put these on the shelf and have rarely thought about
them since.  But since I started monitoring the galoot
board, it dawned on that the most informed people were
right here.

I assumed I would find a plow plane or make one some
day, but haven't done either.  Is there a galoot out there
with a good idea on what to do with these?  Is there a
good source of plow planes out there?  Does anyone
have a good design of one I could build?

Datoolfool@a... wrote:
>
>  In the process I ended up with a box of plow plane irons.
> Some are marked "Ohio Tool Co", some are marked
> "???ts & French warranted cast steel"

Probably Dwights and French.

> I assumed I would find a plow plane or make one some
> day, but haven't done either.  Is there a galoot out there
> with a good idea on what to do with these?  Is there a
> good source of plow planes out there?

Yes, there is. Both from people who are on this list and on
that infamous online auction site.

Jim

Hang on to them. When you do comeon a plough, there is a good chance it will
only have one iron. They won't fit all ploughs,
unfortunately.

On Sun, 21 Feb 1999 21:27:40 EST, Datoolfool@a... wrote:

>A long time ago I did some trading with an antique dealer.
> In the process I ended up with a box of plow plane irons.
>Some are marked "Ohio Tool Co", some are marked
>"???ts & French warranted cast steel"  and some are
>stamped " MH TRASK" which looks like an owners
>stamp (found on some Ohio Tool irons).    Some of the
>irons had the tops ground to remove hammer adjustment
>marks.  The narrowest is 5/32" and the widest is 19/32".
>They all came in a wooden box that had the label painted
>out.  The box has a sliding cover.
>
>
>I put these on the shelf and have rarely thought about
>them since.  But since I started monitoring the galoot
>board, it dawned on that the most informed people were
>right here.
>
>I assumed I would find a plow plane or make one some
>day, but haven't done either.  Is there a galoot out there
>with a good idea on what to do with these?  Is there a
>good source of plow planes out there?  Does anyone
>have a good design of one I could build?
>
>--
>
>

Rodney Myrvaagnes                   J36 Gjo/a
Associate Editor           Electronic Products
20+ years without a Car, a TV, or a website

Hi all,

One caution on plow plane irons.  They're not standardized.  The come in
different lengths and shaft widths.  More problematic yet is that they
also come in different tapers.

The first thing you need to do when assembling a set is to make sure
that all have the same taper and that all are the same width where they
neet to fit into the body of the plow.  You can probably live with some
variant lengths.

Step no. 2 is to find a plow that will fit your set.

All of which should tell you a bit about why a plow with a proper,
matched
set of irons commands a premium.  When you think about it, however,
they're actually good buy, given the difficulty of assembling a matching
tool & iron set.

Randy Roeder  --   Repaint houses, not old tools.

Datoolfool@a... wrote:

> A long time ago I did some trading with an antique dealer.
>  In the process I ended up with a box of plow plane irons.
> Some are marked "Ohio Tool Co", some are marked
> "???ts & French warranted cast steel"  and some are
> stamped " MH TRASK" which looks like an owners
> stamp (found on some Ohio Tool irons).    Some of the
> irons had the tops ground to remove hammer adjustment
> marks.  The narrowest is 5/32" and the widest is 19/32".
> They all came in a wooden box that had the label painted
> out.  The box has a sliding cover.
>
> I put these on the shelf and have rarely thought about
> them since.  But since I started monitoring the galoot
> board, it dawned on that the most informed people were
> right here.
>
> I assumed I would find a plow plane or make one some
> day, but haven't done either.  Is there a galoot out there
> with a good idea on what to do with these?  Is there a
> good source of plow planes out there?  Does anyone
> have a good design of one I could build?
>
> --