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Craftsmanship => Gun Building and Repair => Topic started by: Kermit on April 07, 2011, 07:28:11 PM

Title: Old woman's tooth, router plane
Post by: Kermit on April 07, 2011, 07:28:11 PM

Over on the ALR Forum there was a pic of a Stanley #271 router plane that was being used to level the bottom of an inlet for a toeplate. Seems some had never seen one. They were sometimes called "old woman's tooth" or "nag's tooth." Anyway, they are, like a lot of hand tools, pricey and/or no longer made.

I put together a tutorial for making one of your own for under 5 bucks. Nothing fancy, but you could tart it up some. They are great for leveling the bottom of dadoes or inlets, and for cleaning up the bottom of mortices for hinges and such.

Tutorial here: http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/ind ... ic=15673.0 (http://americanlongrifles.org/forum/index.php?topic=15673.0)

Title: Re: Old woman's tooth, router plane
Post by: BEAVERMAN on April 07, 2011, 08:51:59 PM

Thanks for posting this Kermit, great tutorial!

Title: Re: Old woman's tooth, router plane
Post by: shootrj2003 on April 07, 2011, 10:32:17 PM

It's wonderful how human minds worked when they did not have electric,I've got a tool that goes in a brace bit and will carve the end of a dowel or lathe turning to fit in a hole and it's adjustable for any size dang near up to 1 3/4"

Title: Re: Old woman's tooth, router plane
Post by: Kermit on April 08, 2011, 12:00:49 AM

Sounds like an adjustable tenon cutter. I have my grandfather's. Comes with another tool that sort of looks like one of those little plastic pencil sharpeners that leave shavings all over your school desk, but also fits into a brace. My recollection is it's called a pointer maybe?

That tool puts a chamfer on the end of square or rectangular stock so the tenon cutter has a round area to get centered on. I don't know that Grandpa ever made a chair, but I did watch him repair a wagon wheel where he had to replace a felloe and 3 or 4 spokes. He cranked the round tenons on the ends of the spokes with that cutter in a hurry. As a toddler I was most impressed with the heating of the tire to expand it to get it back on the wheel.

My grandkids wouldn't understand of word I just typed--nor would they care, more's the pity.

Title: Re: Old woman's tooth, router plane
Post by: Swamp on April 08, 2011, 07:41:51 AM

That is very cool! I love innovation. Good job Kermit!  

Title: Re: Old woman's tooth, router plane
Post by: Indiana on April 09, 2011, 06:33:10 PM

Thanks for the information on that tool, Kermit.  Now I am going to have to hunt one down for myself.  Time to scour ebay.