The Ugliest Plane on the Planet

[dunbarhamlin]

Nope, surprisingly not a Veritas (but nor does it have the LV air of quality and intelligent design) - definitely one from the primaeval sludge.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-And-Unique...ryZ10180QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Must admit, I was slightly tempted, but then I cleaned my glasses.

 

[Vormulac]

True, but when a man's gotta Purfle, a man's gotta Purfle.

Allegedly.

V.

 

[dunbarhamlin]

Too true, but purfling gauges/gramills and double bladed Japanese knives or purfling cutters are so much easier on the eye.

The nice thing with a purfling gauge is that it's good with a double blade or fine scratch tool to handle different grains and wood hardness.

 

[NKE]

From a violin makers perspective I can’t imagine how on earth that intriguing contraption could possibly be of any help cutting a purfling channel on a violin…….even more intriguing is that someone was prepared to spend $84.77 on what looks so ugly and useless………

 

[dunbarhamlin]

My thought was that the 'gouge' must be honed with a vertical bezel to use as a scratch, with just the lip of the gouge-holding excresence on the edge of the plate. How on earth you could manouver it around the 'C' shaped waist without running afoul of the arching I don't know.

 

[bugbear]

Don't forget whoever made that had easy access to casting facilities, so it probably wasn't made BY a luthier.

Mind you, it's too damn ugly to have been made by a pattern maker.

BugBear

 

[Alf]

I just can't decide which my favourite quote from this thread so far. The first covers so many of life's eventualities, and yet the second has such charm... :-k

Must admit, I was slightly tempted, but then I cleaned my glasses.

True, but when a man's gotta Purfle, a man's gotta Purfle.

 

[dunbarhamlin]

:lol: Has to be the latter - Vormulac mini-string plane truth

 

[bugbear]

A little research shows me that a purfling groove needs to have vertical sides (a furniture maker would call it stringing).

http://osnesviolins.com/9.Purfling%20&%20Edges.htm

I don't think a gouge can make this cut.

So I don't think it's a purfling cutter.

BugBear

 

[Nick W]

It is well known (or ought to be by now) that Phil excells in all things planey

Now that's what I call ugly. Sorry Phil but the truth must out.

 

[Philly]

Awww....Nick!
I really need to delete any embarressing pictures of mine :lol:
And yes, you are right - she's not a pretty plane. It was an exercise in trying a different grip. Needless to say, our forefathers have tried most possible variations and the ones we see in old lanes are there because they work.
Lesson learned........again :lol:
Off to the woodburner.........
Phil

 

[Nick W]

No, don't burn it! Just think of the pain/pleasure it will give the Alfs of the 22nd century. :lol:

"A very early model. Of course that was before he went into production full time, starting the mega-corporation we know as PhilCo, and forcing the long fogotten Lie Nielsen into bankruptcy..."

 

[bugbear]

Any WIPS of the razee smoother - I've alway sort of wanted to make a low angle (40 deg?) closed handle razee scrub, around 12" long.

Probably never will, of course.

http://www.geocities.com/plybench/scrub.html
(that may or may ot be a scrub...)

BugBear