Reply To: Record 010 Carriage Makers Rabbet Plane
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Good plane. Judging by the box, it dates to the later years of production – they were discontinued in the early ’90s when record were going through various ownership changes.
Sadly the firm is now nowhere near the quality of the old Hampton days in terms of tool quality – in my opinion. They concentrate on site-based tools.
As Larry Gelb says, don’t dub the corners – it’s not intended for smoothing though it will work well on board edges.
The intended blade set-up on those planes was to hone and sharpen the blade dead straight across then hone and polish the back; next, in order to develop a pin sharp edge, (essential for accurate corners in rebates) the sides of new blades were honed flat at 90 degrees to the cutting edge ensuring pin-sharp corners. Thereafter these edges were just maintained to keep the corner crisp.
It’s important not to overdo this part because, it is intended that the blade on rebate planes overhang the side of the plane body that is in contact with the rebate side – about 1/2 mm. If you only use it right-handed, just concentrate on the RH side of the blade – if left-handed reverse that and do the LH side. This tiny gap is necessary for clearance of the plane body. Sometimes in the old days, users would flatten the side as you would the sole in order to ensure a good contact with both surfaces of the work, the base and side of the rebate.
Good luck