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Thread: Plane id please
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27th January 2013, 09:24 AM #1
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Plane id please
Hello folks.
Have just started cleaning an old try plane. Big block of beech, remouthed, blade worn almost back to the notch, a bit of woodworm. It has seen better days. Pervious owner's name is stamped all over it (j.howard a previous pm?) but I am having difficulty identifying the maker. A bit of cleaning of the nose reveals, amongst the owners stamps and many past hammer blows,"Holborn....duct" at
least that's what it looks like.
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Virgil.
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27th January 2013, 09:56 AM #2
A stab in the dark here, Holborn Viaduct is a place in London (UK), It's entirely likely that there was a maker in that area many years ago and you can see part of the Address. But I've no idea who it might have been I'm afraid.
Dragonfly
No-one suspects the dragonfly!
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27th January 2013, 10:06 AM #3
? Joseph Buck of Buck Bros. Planemakers Database 2nd one down.
Listed in an online planemakers database as 56 Holborn Viaduct 1881- 1922
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27th January 2013, 11:12 AM #4
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27th January 2013, 01:22 PM #5
Plane id please
The 'hive mind' always blows me away with how fast it can answer these questions! Not even a pic required.
...I'll just make the other bits smaller.
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27th January 2013, 01:48 PM #6
I went to the link to the planemakers data base, Good link thanks Pac man. There is a list of adds by google on the right, the one on top is for the book British Planemakers from 1700, price $481
thought it may be a mistake ? clicked it and went to Amazon where it says 3 used ones available all around this price. I thought It must be a mistake at first ? Maybe not.
Amazon.com: British Planemakers from 1700 (9781879335431): Jane Rees, Mark Rees: Books
Rob
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27th January 2013, 03:55 PM #7
British Planemakers from 1700 is currently at 3rd edition ... I'm pretty sure it is about 100 Pounds.
It is significantly updated from ed 2 ... which is probably about 40 Pounds on Uk ebay.
Maybe the $$$ is for first editions?? No your link says 3rd ... hmmm
There is a 4th edition in the works, but I don't know the time-frame.
Cheers,
Paul
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28th January 2013, 07:39 AM #8
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Well done gents.
Holborn ...duct and underneath London. I think we've nailed it. No absolute confirmation that it's a Buck Bros as yet but that's a great start. Blade is a James Howarth. It's a quiet day in today I think there'll be a bit of plane restoration coming along sometime today.
Cheers,
Virg
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4th February 2013, 02:11 PM #9
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You can get the book 1st edition for around $us40. It only gets expensive with the third which has been revised by the Rees couple. Try Abebooks.
Cheers,
Jim