woodworking tool

[Jeffro]

I have had this for years and am wondering if its any good,what for and if its worth much..
Do any of you woodworking blokes know.
Jeff

[woodie]

Hi Jeffro I think that is a trenching plain. I could be rong, that has happened once or twice before just ask Linda about that.
woodie

[Reece]

It looks like an old 043 plough plane used to make grooves for drawers and window panes etc.

I found a manual for it too... The things you find on the Internet eh?
http://www.cornishworkshop.co.uk/record043manual.pdf

Rich.

[longbowinfected]

Marples made great [might still do] chisels, wood working tools.
When I was a young fella I think we called it a rebating plane or router or trenching tool......if you needed a rebate or a groove for holding in panels, bottom panels for drawers or to hold in panes of glass or leadlighting etc. You would add beading with panel pins or putty the glass in afterwards.
Lovely tool. Most people use electric routers etc now.
Probably around 50 years old, worth a packet to a collector who specialises in wod working tools, especially with the box.

Kevin

[Roadie]

It's a grooving plane or rebate plane (small). Cheers Roadie.

[Glenn]

That's a rebating plane, they use to be very common once, I use to have one for joinery work. I wouldn't have a clue what it is worth but if it is a Recored or a Stanely it would be worth some good dollars, they probably still make them, a mob like Carbatec could probably give you a price on a new one so you could get an idea...Glenn...

[longbowinfected]

Glenn, the old Marples logo is on the box.....or does that relate to just the bit/blade...?
Considering what rusty old junk tools get as antiques this could be worth a bob or two [many fox whistles eh Jeffro]
Kevin

marples brand on the tool body too.

[Glenn]

Marples was a big hand tool manufacturer, it was one of the big names in the industry. The logo should be on the plane or the tongue somewhere. I could be worth a few bob depending on it's condition...Glenn...

[greybeard]

Bottom of the range Carba-tec brand [China?] $106-00, top end Veritas [Canada] $429-00.

Marples' are probably towards the top end.

Daryl.

[Glenn]

Daryl, I was at Carbatec a couple of weeks ago and they had some Chinese hand planes around the No.4 size that you could rebate with going for under $30.oo and stupid me left there without buying one, I remembered them after I crossed the Gateway. Would have been real handy to have one...Glenn...

[Jeffro]

Glenn,It is a marples m40.Make an offer if someone wants it.

[rossy]

jeffro, the last time i saw a rebate plane like that on site.Was about 15 years ago, on a heritage job. refurbishing double-hung windows. As for Marple, the old maroon handle cheisls were great....there now not so great , it is very hard to find quality hand tools, nowa days

SDickie

[Jeffro]

Dickie, I had some great old tools that were my grandfathers.The trouble with good tools is people nick them.
I padlock my tool box at work even if im just working near it.That way if they want to borrow something they have to ask.
I have found that other workers will grab things and just leave it in their bag and you never see it again.

[Jaydo]

i have a stanley one pretty much exactly the same in the box and everything,

going to hold on to it and show it to my grandchildren, in many many years time,

how technology evolves hey,

[Glenn]

Back in 2006 I lost my ute and all of my tools when the house I was renovating burnt down, a lot of my hand tools I had bought when I started my apprenticeship in 1969. You can replace the tools but you can't replace the quality of some of those tools. The only thing I salvaged was my 3 foot long Record sash clamp which after a spray with WD40 is still going like it did in 1969. I paid $9.00 for that clamp which was more that half of my weeks wages of $17.30 at the time...Glenn...