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Woodworking Forum => Woodworking Forum => Topic started by: skipskip on August 31, 2011, 09:41:55 PM

Title: Home made gouge? or rabbitting tool? or??
Post by: skipskip on August 31, 2011, 09:41:55 PM
auction find, but I cant ID  it.

3/8 brass plate, no company name just owners initials.

ideas?

(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6198/6102050840_ed1745aa4a_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/6102050840/)
aug 337 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/6102050840/) by skipskip (http://www.flickr.com/people/skipskip/), on Flickr


more pics here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/sets/72157627441968401/
Title: Re: Home made gouge? or rabbitting tool? or??
Post by: Papaw on August 31, 2011, 10:10:15 PM
Skip, that is a hand router.
Title: Re: Home made gouge? or rabbitting tool? or??
Post by: jimwrench on August 31, 2011, 10:30:27 PM
 Old woman's tooth router plane. Brass casting and unusual cutter adjustment method. Interesting router.
Title: Re: Home made gouge? or rabbitting tool? or??
Post by: Branson on September 01, 2011, 10:06:51 AM
Hand router.  This one looks to be a home-made copy of the Stanley 71 1/2.  Ebay has one, item 190571243842
I have one, and have used it for years now.  Good tool.  I think the knobs on the Stanley are more useful than
the handles on the one you found, and the raising and lowering feature makes things easier than the set screw
adjustment on yours.

I only use "old woman's tooth" for the wood stocked routers, often made from sections of stair rail.  I've seen wood
stocked examples that follow the general pattern of the Stanley version.
Title: Re: Home made gouge? or rabbitting tool? or??
Post by: scottg on September 03, 2011, 11:06:33 AM
Homemade brass router!!  Way nice!!
I would make new handles and clean it up if I's you.  Would be brilliant!!

 A slab of solid brass like that?? I'd even be tempted to send it to Catherine and get it engraved.
 yours Scott
Title: Re: Home made gouge? or rabbitting tool? or??
Post by: skipskip on September 03, 2011, 12:55:06 PM
Catherine?

either way it's up  on ebay now

370539545391

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