The biggest wooden plane I ha ever seen.
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Last week I have been visiting the Caproni museum in Trento. Giovanni Battista Caproni was an Italian aeronautical engineer, civil engineer, electrical engineer, and aircraft designer who founded the Caproni aircraft-manufacturing company. He was a visionary man who worked int the early aeronautical industry, building airplanes mainly in wood and canvas.
In a room there were two workbenches, and a little selection of antique wood working tools. On one workbench there was the longest wooden plane I have ever seen, it was about 4 foot long. The speaker said that the plane was used in a stationary fashion, due to the excessive weight. Instead of moving the plane, the stock been planed was moved on top of the plane. On the other bench there was a “work in progress” wooden propeller and some wood carving tools.
It was interesting to see how Mr Caproni was able to master the development of such an interesting craft, with courage and baldness.
Overall a very interesting museum, worth to pay a visit.
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- This topic was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by rotaryw.
- This topic was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by rotaryw.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.28 May 2017 at 9:16 pm #312398Looks just like your standard coopers plane, even has the notches on the front where i think the supports might go. There are even bigger ones, or some with 2 irons, usually they have a support on the front and are proped up while the buttend is on the ground, they are obviously used stationary.
Its probably easier to push a workpiece downhill then work it flat across, certainly an impressive piece of kit, always nice to see old tools.
Even has what we would call a Bankknecht besides it, though its foot is missing, used for supporting workpieces in the vise, you can adjust it with the notches and we still have them today though i personally never used one. -
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