side rabbet plane

[whybob71]

Hi all
can someone explain me how to use side rabbet moulding planes?

thanks
Bob

 

[Paul Kierstead]

I think you might want to clarify exactly what sort of plane you mean. In my mind at least, "side rabbet" clashes with "moulding plane", so I am not 100% sure which plane your speaking of. OTOH, I am easily confused.

 

[wjordan]

Bob,

do you mean one of those?

Wolfgang

 

[whybob71]

I'm sorry.......
I have some planes like this, but I never used them, just because I don't know how to.

 

[bugbear]

Bob,

do you mean one of those?

Wolfgang

Ooh! Those exist, but are not common, here in the UK.

In a marvellous set of tools at auction locally, I saw some craftsman made versions, with metal soles:

(here's the Album of all my shots
http://s48.photobucket.com/albums/f234/ ... ?start=all
)

BugBear

 

[Paul Kierstead]

I'm sorry.......

Nothing to be sorry for, terminology is all over the place. You just run them along the wall of a rebate, doing your best to keep them upright (or at least at the angle you want) to widen the rebate. Normally this would be a slight-adjustment or clean-up type of job; you don't want to be planing away 1/4" this way IMO. Can also be used to clean up the socket on larger sliding dovetails. Normally there is a left hand and right hand version so that you can work on either side of the rabbet and still go with the grain.

 

[whybob71]

I'm sorry.......

Nothing to be sorry for, terminology is all over the place. You just run them along the wall of a rebate, doing your best to keep them upright (or at least at the angle you want) to widen the rebate. Normally this would be a slight-adjustment or clean-up type of job; you don't want to be planing away 1/4" this way IMO. Can also be used to clean up the socket on larger sliding dovetails. Normally there is a left hand and right hand version so that you can work on either side of the rabbet and still go with the grain.

I see...many thanks, it is now clear for me!

 

[bugbear]

I'm sorry.......

Nothing to be sorry for, terminology is all over the place. You just run them along the wall of a rebate, doing your best to keep them upright (or at least at the angle you want) to widen the rebate. Normally this would be a slight-adjustment or clean-up type of job; you don't want to be planing away 1/4" this way IMO. Can also be used to clean up the socket on larger sliding dovetails. Normally there is a left hand and right hand version so that you can work on either side of the rabbet and still go with the grain.

IIRC tuning and adjusting the type whybob17 shows is quite tricky, which is why the other designs were made.

Metal is much better suited to low bedding angles than wood, so...

http://www.antiquetools.com/perm-col/we ... index.html

BugBear