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269020 Peter Marquis-Kyle <peter@m...> 2019‑08‑07 Re: Whatsit??
On 8/08/2019 8:11 am, Phil Schempf wrote:
> Here’s a modern version of a spile plane with an explanation -
> http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=64338&cat=1,230,41182
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Aug 7, 2019, at 1:45 PM, Peter Marquis-Kyle 
> mailto:peter@m...>> asked:
>>
>> A spile plane?

It looks like Phil's auto-correct has turned 'spill' into 'spile'.

Pretty clever, knowing that we are in a maritime museum, and that 
shipwrights say 'spile', not 'scribe'. I can't cope.

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Peter Marquis-Kyle

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