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269015 Bill Ghio 2019‑08‑07 Whatsit??
When we travel we like to check out local museums as they are always interesting
and of course focused on the local area. No surprise, I always gravitate to any
tool related content and am usually amused by the misidentified tools. Holyhead,
Wales, has a small but well done Maritime Museum. In their display of
shipwright’s tool everything was well identified except for item #10. This is
what they said about it:

“Very often shipwrights made their own tools for specific jobs. This crude user-
made plane is one such tool…but what was it used for?”

https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../48482421007/in/dateposted/

Unfortunately I could not handle it or see any other view than the one pictured,
so scant information to go on. My best guess is a very large spill plane. Any
ideas?

Bill

Recent Bios FAQ