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267085 Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> 2018‑11‑14 Re: Stanley No. 55
> On Nov 14, 2018, at 12:37 PM, Nichael Cramer  wrote:
> 
>> I'll def keep my eyes open for a wooden moving fillister plane, too.


I have never gotten a good definition of a fillister plane.  Is this one, from
the Schwarz:



Moving fillisters are different than other planes in the rabbeting family in
that its fence is adjustable (planes with a fixed fence are called standing
fillisters), plus it can work across the grain because it has retractable
nickers (planes without the nickers are just plain old rabbet planes).



The definition does not include a name for a rabbet plane with a nicker - dado
plane?  Is a rabetting style plane with a fence, moving or non-moving, always a
fillister?

Ed

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