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Dave Ring
23 January 2018 at 11:52 pm #449048

Hey Larry–have you considered a Lancashire pattern plane?

http://www.oldtools.co.uk/home/1275-lancashire-pattern-shouldering-plane.html

Nobody seems to know much about them and the dealers usually call them rebate or shoulder planes, but they look like they would be ideal for use on a shooting board. They’re rare as all get out and I don’t think I’ve ever seen two alike or any one attributed to a specific manufacturer. A lot of them are cast from either bronze or brass and I suspect that they were one-offs.

Dave