Review By: I.Ball
Category: Old Wooden Planes
Extra Info: What is a Fillister Plane? Fillister Plane Videos
Manufacturer: Various
Tool Type: Wooden Planes
Plane Type: Moving Fillister Rebate / Rabbet
The old British wooden fillister plane, also known as the moving fillister
plane is an adjustable plane designed for rebate / rabbet work.
The moving fillister plane has a small adjustable
fence
located underneath the plane to aid in setting the width of the rebate / rabbet.
The fence is released and secured with the use of two screws running
through the bottom of the fence.
The wooden fillister plane also has a depth stop which is usually brass
(sometimes steel). The depth stop is used to set the depth of the rebate.
The cutter is set on a skew as this produces the best cut on difficult
grain / cross grain. The cutter sits with the side of the blade protruding
a fraction from the side of the mouth / mouth window
so the plane can cut right into the corner of the rebate / rabbet.
The fillister plane is equipped with a
nicker
which sits just in front of the main cutter, at the side of the plane with the point
of the nicker sitting just proud of the sole.
Both the plane cutter and the nicker are secured in place with wood wedges.
The wooden moving fillister planes are usually made from beech and usually have
a boxwood section which runs the length of the plane on part of the sole and edge
where the nicker and blade are.
The nose shows the profile of the boxwood strip which can differ from plane-to-plane
with some profiles being very elaborate.
The purpose of the boxwood strip is to help extend the life of the plane. Boxwood
is a much more hard wearing wood than beech as such it can sustain more rigourous
activity.
There have been numerous makers of the old wooden moving fillister plane,
below is a list of some of the manufacturers:
Griffiths
Marples (William)
Mathieson
Moseley
Nurse
As with most wooden planes, the wooden moving fillister plane went on to be developed into
an iron plane in some form. Stanley was the largest company which transformed the greatest
range of wooden planes into iron plane versions, one of which was a metal version
of the fillister plane in the form of the
Stanley 78 plane.
The Stanley 78 rabbet fillister plane is still produced today.
There are however a couple of makers who still produce new wooden moving fillister
planes:
ECE (Germany)
Philly Planes (England)
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YouTube video with YouTuber 'Will' showing his moving fillister plane in action cutting a rebate / rabbet...
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