Can you replace a chest of molding planes with one complex metal contraption? Can you replace a chest of molding planes with one complex metal contraption? Roy pits monster planes against their wooden ...

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This is a complex molding plane with a wooden body and a steel blade. The plane body has an O-Gee molding pattern with two boxwood inserts. It is inscribed with 'ITS' in reference to the owner, Isaac ...

Very little has been documented about molding planes – how they are used and how they are made. Larry Williams demonstrates the traditional method of making a pair of hollows and rounds from a solid ...