Wooden Moulding Plane, Ribbing.

Object/Artifact

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Heritage Acres

Name/Title

Wooden Moulding Plane, Ribbing.

Entry/Object ID

2010.018.019

Description

A moulding plane whose form seems to be to inset a 1 inch wide set of ribbing into the face of a board.

Use

The square holes in the body would have been for an adjustable fence riding against the board edge. So the ribbing would be parallel to the board edge in the long grain. Ribbing this fine would crumble if set in the cross grain.

Context

Could be used in combination with other moulding planes to make a most interesting result.