Anyone ever seen an L-N Plane like this?

[Joe Close]

There is an item on ebay, as a L-N plane. Only one pic and no info. Odd looking plane. I was curious if anyone knows what it is?

Ebay# 260524636822

[Stephen Reid]

Yup its a butt mortise plane.Used for cutting hinge gains.Stanley made it too

[Jim Watts]

http://www.lie-nielsen.com/catalog.php?sku=40

[John Coloccia]

Like nothing I've ever seen. Even if you assume someone replaced the tote with a knob, it still doesn't look like anything. Maybe an old discontinued model? If you're interested, and no one else chimes in, I'd ask the seller exactly what it is and why does he think it's a LN.

[John Coloccia]

Well, that was quick! LOL. How come I don't own one of these??

[Joe Close]

geezzz... how many times have I thumbed through the LN catalog, and never seen that one! Too funny.

[Joe Close]

Thanks for the quick responses and setting me straight.

[John Borgwardt]

I own one and it works great!!!! Merry Christmas.

[Mike Henderson]

Yup its a butt mortise plane.Used for cutting hinge gains.Stanley made it too

That was the one plane Stanley never made. There were two major makers but I don't remember who they were. If I find it, I'll post it.

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I found a posting from someone who seems to know the planes.

The patent was issued to Wilbert A. Dohmeyer (2,579,911 - 1951). There were a couple of known makers, R. M. Rumbold and T. S. Wheeler, both Chicago area makers.

Mike

[Stephen Reid]

That was the one plane Stanley never made. There were two major makers but I don't remember who they were. If I find it, I'll post it.

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I found a posting from someone who seems to know the planes.

The patent was issued to Wilbert A. Dohmeyer. There were a couple of known makers, R. M. Rumbold and T. S. Wheeler, both Chicago area makers.

Mike

I stand corrected.I was sure I had seen one in John Walters book,but try as I might I could not prove myself right!Thanks for keeping me honest Mike

[Jeff Nolan]

wow, a LN plane that isn't a copy of something Stanley once made... that seems almost too outlandish to believe

That was the one plane Stanley never made. There were two major makers but I don't remember who they were. If I find it, I'll post it.

Mike

[Michael Faurot]

I just purchased one of these from Lie-Nielsen. It does indeed work great for making hinge mortises.

[Caspar Hauser]

I carry one in the truck, very useful, it's paid for itself many times over.

[Chris Gilly]

I bought one when I upgraded the doors in my house. I recommend it.

[Michael Faurot]

As a Christmas gift, I'm giving someone a used Mac along with the monitor you see below. When I got the monitor out of the box and went to set it up, the third leg on it snapped off. So I fabricated a new leg to work similar to those picture frames that can stand on their own.

Part of the design uses a hinge, so here was a good excuse to put the Lie-Nielsen Butt Mortise Plane to good use.

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