Moulding plane
In woodworking, a moulding plane (molding plane in US spelling) is a specialised plane used for making the complex shapes found in wooden mouldings. [1]
Traditionally, moulding planes were blocks of wear resistant hardwood, often
Stanley No. 55 Universal Plane[2] and the English Record No. 405 Multi-Plane with a wide variety of interchangeable cutters, integral fences, and "nickers", small cutting edges which score the grain fibers when working across the board.[3]
Large
apprentice or other worker to pull the plane ahead of the master who guided it.[4]
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While generally considered outdated, a modern furniture shop doing reproduction or restoration work might keep a collection of moulding planes to match original work, or to build in an authentic manner.
The earliest known record of a moulding plane is a moulding plane iron of Roman origin unearthed in Cologne, Germany.[4]: 116
In modern industry, the work of the moulding plane has been taken up by the electrically powered
router bits
of a wide variety of profiles and is readily available to the small business or home craftsperson.
Notes
- ISBN 978-0-8069-7142-1. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Bernard E. Jones, edit.:"The Complete Woodworker". page 243. Ten Speed Press. 1998
- ^ C. W. Hampton and E. Clifford:"Planecraft". Page 151.C. and J. Hampton Ltd. 1959
- ^ a b Henry Chapman Mercer:"Ancient Carpenters' Tools". Bucks County Historical Society. 1975