Sash Fillister

[Racers]

Hi Chaps

I picked this off Ebay for £20, it needed some work the boxing was lose the are wedges where battered and the knicker was missing.
I made a knew knicker from O1 steel and replacement wedges from Box wood gave it a good clean and sharpen and it works a treat.

Shean and Cliny


The new wedge and the old ones


New Knicker



Logo


Not come across Fdinburgh before :wink:

Pete

 

[richarnold]

You have made a lovely job of that Pete. Sash fillisters are very under valued considering the work that went into them. Although they were primarily designed for window making, I can see no reason why they can't be used for any small rebating job. once you get used to them I think they are easier to use than a side fillister as there is no potential for drifting sideways off the edge.

 

[Racers]

Thanks Rich

I had to do a bit of squaring up the sole and side, I did it before cleaning it so i could rub the dirt into the clean wood.
It should be good for rebates in narrow stock.

Pete

 

[Scouse]

I have it's sister! It's funny really; I just picked it up out of curiosity, but it gets used on a regular basis now at the expense of, now sold, metal variants.



Mine's from Edinburgh though!

 

[dickm]

I have the twin to the OP's plane; picked up in Fraserburgh for not much less than the OP, and in far worse condition. But it's coming on............

 

[jimi43]

I love these old woodiea.

Well worth the money to fix and enjoy.

My old "Angel" is still going strong and doing a fine job......

Nice one Pete!!

Jimi

 

[ac445ab]

I love these old woodiea.

Well worth the money to fix and enjoy.

My old "Angel" is still going strong and doing a fine job......

Nice one Pete!!

Jimi

Nice the sash plane as well as yours, Jim. I never seen one with a brass plate on the side. Is it modified or original?
I agree on the effectiveness of these woodies.
This is my moving fillister:

Ciao
Giuliano

 

[jimi43]

Hi Giuliano...long time no speak!

Yes...it's a Gabriel....I guess it was a special or modified at a very early age as it all kind of fits together nicely.

I've used it quite a bit for the odd job and love using it.

You can pick up a distressed one for about a tenner these days and with a bit of fettling and fiddling...perhaps making the odd part for it...you end up with a really nice user. Love yours.

Sorry Pete! Seem to have hijacked the thread a tad there!

Jim

 

[Racers]

Hi Jim

No problem I was planning to post a pic of my Gabriel moving fillister, but its not as posh as yours

Pete

 

[bugbear]

You have made a lovely job of that Pete. Sash fillisters are very under valued considering the work that went into them. Although they were primarily designed for window making, I can see no reason why they can't be used for any small rebating job. once you get used to them I think they are easier to use than a side fillister as there is no potential for drifting sideways off the edge.

Yes, but you can drift INTO the workpiece. Further, if you're being a good boy, and always referencing off your marked edges,
a sash fillister may just be the wrong fillister.

With perfectly parallel (e.g. machine thicknessed) stuff, marked edges aren't so important of course.

Bugbear (with both kinds, obviously )

 

[AndyT]

Hi Jim

No problem I was planning to post a pic of my Gabriel moving fillister, but its not as posh as yours

Pete

Neither is mine - I'm sure Jim's has been adapted from a different plane and given its brass battle armour at the same time.

Now that we are onto the subject of moving fillisters, it's maybe interesting to note that they come left and right handed. This is well documented in Nicholson, where he describes them (and the sash fillisters) as being either the type that "throw the shavings onto or off the bench."

Here is my opposite-handed Mathieson (top) and Gabriel (bottom) showing the difference. You can see it's got some other modern features - a longer depth stop with a locking screw to keep it firm; and a third screw in the fence.

 

[Racers]

Hi Andy

That Gabriel one looks like mine, apart mine has a new wedge (not made by me) and a new fence (made by me) lined with box wood from a broken yard stick.

Looks like yours need something similar


Pete

 

[jimi43]

Yes Prof...you are quite right.

It has spring lines on the end so I guess it was originally a moulding plane of some description.

The adaptation has been done with wonderful skill....I just added a knicker to make it work across grain...

I used another one to get the layout.

I will probably go to hell now...cutting into an old Gabriel...but I felt that it had already been modified so I might as well add to it in this century!

Jimi