Hello everyone,
I've been silent here for a while, but just came across an unusual smooth
plane. Or, unusual to me, at least. The only markings I find on it are on
the adjustment knob (Patented Aug 3d 1875) and on the blade (L Bailey's
Patent Dec 24, 1867). The unusual part is the that the lever cap has no
spring mechanism to lock the blade in. Instead, the whole assembly fits
under a rotating cam arm to hold the blade in. I tried using the google as
best I could, but I'm not coming up with anything like this. I've put a few
pictures at
https://plus.google.com/photos/114067123585916531699/albums/5702511780153748865

Thanks

Jason
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