Reply To: bullnose plane Stanley no 75 vs rebate no 78

Patrick Leach says the 75 is good for “trimming and odd rabbeting.” the sides are not flush, so you can’t use it on its side (like to clean up the shoulder of a tenon). to use it to make a rabbet, you’d need to tack a fence to the work and some how control the depth.
I carry one with my carpentry tools. my 90 stays in the workshop.
the 78 has a fence, depths stop, and a nicker for cross grain, so it’s a completly different tool.