An infill plane, is a type of woodworking
plane with a metal body with the body fitted / filled with a wooden part(s).
An infill plane is used for smoothing or trimming wood, depending which type
of infill plane it is.
An infill plane is a traditional plane which was prominent as a plane of grandure
in the 1850's - 1950's.
They were/are works of art showcasing the crafts top of their game skills but they
weren't/aren't just for show, they were/are also beautiful, highly functional tools
to use.
The infill planes were usually fitted with expensive and exotic wood of the time
with Rosewood and Ebony often being the timbers of choice.
An infill plane can be in the form of many types of planes such as:
Some of the most famous infill planes are:
The Norris planes range had the widest range of infill planes with a huge selection of
tools. Norris planes were usually nicely marked with their makers mark on the plane
and usually on the plane iron (some Norris planes were fitted with Ward plane irons).
Due to the amount of different Norris planes, Norris introduced a model numbering
system for cataloguing, this resulted in some Norris planes being marked with a model
number.
The combination of all these factors has seen infill planes as a prime tool collectors
paradise with the Norris planes being particularly highly collectable.
There are still a few makers of new infill planes today including at the time of
writing this:
Other recent infill makers include:
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