Review By: I.Ball
Category: Old Wooden Planes
Manufacturer: Various
Tool Type: Wooden Planes
Plane Type: Badger
The old British wooden badger plane is a rebate / rabbet plane fitted
with a skewed
plane iron.
The badger plane at first glance looks like an old
wooden jack / fore plane
however on closer inspection it can be seen there is a small window
on one side of the plane which reveals the blade.
It can also be seen the plane blade, cap iron and wedge are skewed.
The blade is also slightly angled so that the cutter is able to reach
the window in the planes side in order to be able to cut right along
the corner of the rebate.
Wooden badger planes are usually in the region of 15 - 17 inches long
and are usually 75mm (3 inch) - 85mm (3 3/8 inch) wide. They were produced
with an open handle and a closed handle. From what I have observed most
have an open handle design.
The badger plane is designed for rebate / rabbet work and panel work, particularly
for long rebate / panel work.
The wooden badger plane was also produced in an infill version.
I believe beyond
the old wooden badger plane versions and the old badger plane versions there were
no mainstream badger planes produced by large manufacturers.
The reason the badger plane design wasn't produced by the main iron plane manufacturers
was probably because other similar iron planes were produced such as the
Stanley 10 carriage makers plane
and the
Stanley 289 skew rabbet plane.
There are a number of manufacturers of old badger planes, below is a list of some of the makers:
Green (Iohn)
Greenslade
Hields
Mathieson
Moseley
Preston (Edward)
Varvill
The manufacturer's mark (if present) can virtually always be found on the front nose
of the plane. If the plane is quite mucky or you hadn't realised, this is the place
to look to identify who made it and if you wish to delve deeper there are a few
books out there to help identify the age of the plane.
The authority of these books (at the time of writing this) has to be Jane Rees 'British Planemakers - 4th Edition'.
The 'British Planemakers fom 1700 - Third Edition' is also good if you come across
a secondhand copy.
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