George Langford enquired about coopers jointers as a means
to save the cheeks of standard bench planes from the jaws
of our bench vises.

Hi George,
          The Handplane Book does indeed carry a section on
coopers planes .There is a picture of a cooper at Strawbery Banke Museum
in Portsmouth using the jointer on some oak staves.
There is also an early German etching depicting the same.
This section also shows a topping plane being used to level the
barrel top and also a howel and a croze to plane grooves into
the top and bottom of the barrel.
You'll find them in Chapter 11,page 212 if you're sneeking a peek
on the local bookstore shelves.

                Phil.

(Seems like a noble cause - but I'm still  trying to work out
where to keep my #8 in my small workshop never mind a 6 foot
coopers jointer!)

George said:
>Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 22:33:20 -0500
>From: "George Langford, Sc.D." 
>Reply-To: amenex@e...
>To: oldtools@l...
>CC: amenex@e...
>Subject: Re: Inverse shooting board (NNJP) interim design summary
>
>Hi ivy-draped Galoots !
>
>Here's the consensus regarding the inverse shooting board,
>also known as the Non-Normite Jointer Project.
>
>(1) It ain't new.  Coopers used 'em.  Be nice to see one ?

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