From: Nichael Cramer






Gary Katsanis wrote:
>Very unusual - it looks like there might be a fence on the right 
>cheek, if you hold the handle facing away from the bench.
>
>Both irons are narrow.  Could it be a dado plane of some kind?

1] The iron whose top is pointing toward the viewer seems to be 
notably narrower than
the other iron.  (Also, obviously, only one blade engages the wood at a time).

Maybe something like a scrub/jack pane combined with a jointer?

I..e. make a first pass to hog off the worst of the rough stuff,
then simply flip the plane on its side and do the clean up?
(Notice that if this is the case, then the "extra" handle would be pointing
away from the user on the second/cleanup pass).
(Also, something like this might explain the large size.)

2] Thinking a little more about a "combo two-pass" plane of this size.
I sure wish we could see what the soles look like.

Maybe it's a large size cornice plane.  One side --with the narrower 
blade-- makes an initial cut
to do remove a lot of the initial work.  Then the second pass does 
the finish work.
Something like this might help explain why there might be the fence 
that Gary suggests.

Just some early morning thoughts.
Nichael


>Gary Katsanis
>Subject:        Re: [OldTools] Strangest plane I've seen 
>I've seen a lot of wooden planes, but this one from Croatia takes the
>cake.  At first it looked like a simple jointer, but then I noticed two
>totes at right angles to each other...  Then the two blades...
>
>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Tonnellerie_%C3%A0_
Kumrovec%2C_Croatie.jpg">http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Tonn
ellerie_%C3%A0_Kumrovec%2C_Croatie.jpg
>
>Mike in Sacto



Looks like a frugal woodworker made a tool with two uses. 
I sometimes wonder about the motivation for tools arriving in museums. 
The very best chisels can be found in private collections. Carefully sharpened
and used just like Dad or Uncle Harry would have wanted them.  Eventually they
will wear away and disappear. The Globemaster multitools are sold at the garage
sale still in their package.  Hidden in the back of the toolbox or shop drawer
they may survive for centuries.
I have found two Disston #45 combination level/saws so far. Both of them in the
same shop. Same price for each. One of them missing the handle. Basically a saw
bladed with extra etching.  The other with a broken vial in the level. Price is
always subjective but the idea that a short leg square would replace a rafter
square rings false to me. Much like an adjustable wrench will work to remove a
bolt, but screw up the flats, a tool that attempts to do everything does most of
them badly.
That’s the tool that gets put in the toolbox with a shake of the head for the
son in law that knew you liked tools and wanted to impress. Eventually it will
end up in a donation box and possibly even make a museum display.
How many of us immediately donated our Russel Jennings and Irwin sets as soon as
we got our first adjustable auger bit?
I have more than 12 adj. bits in the basement that arrived some with the
original package along with bins of cracked jars full of bolts and washers.