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252448 Gary Roberts <toolemera@m...> 2014‑12‑23 Re: A little plane followed me home
You’re absolutely right and my brain was packed away.

Gary
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Gary Roberts
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> On Dec 21, 2014, at 5:12 PM, Don Schwartz  wrote:
> 
> Gosh!  Correct me if wrong, but I've long believed the infilled / dovetailed
or cast rebates and bullnose rebates were an earlier form. I thought Preston was
modelling theirs after those original Scottish infills, findng a way to make
them less expensive by eliminating the infills.
> 
> Don
> 
> On 2014-12-21 2:32 PM, Gary Roberts wrote:
>> I’ve seen these little British planes in both iron and bronze. I think they
were modeled after Preston bull nose planes or something similar. If I can find
an image in a catalog, I’ll post it.
>> 
>> Gary

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