The screw arm plow plane is one of the most iconic wooden planes. They're beautiful, the fever dream of a hyperactive woodworker. "How is it," asks collector Don Rosebrook, "that such a simple tool, designed to make a cut that, under normal circumstances, no one would ever see, became the most elaborate, most expensive, often gaudiest, woodworking plane that the makers would produce?"
I never realized just how ornate and beautiful these plows could be! This glimpse into the overview of the development of this particular type of plane helps me gather a bit of perspective on why and how later plane makers who used cast iron would have used these planes as a model on which to innovate new designs. Thanks for sharing this!
Who invented the screw arm plow plane?
I never realized just how ornate and beautiful these plows could be! This glimpse into the overview of the development of this particular type of plane helps me gather a bit of perspective on why and how later plane makers who used cast iron would have used these planes as a model on which to innovate new designs. Thanks for sharing this!