Rebate Plane #1—Concluding the #78 Duplex Filletster Plane

Rebate Plane #1—Concluding the #78 Duplex Filletster Plane

By now you may well realise that the Stanley #78 moving filletster plane is a useful plane to own and a first choice rebate plane. Unfortunately, because of the missing information, diminished woodworking in schools, diminished use of hand tools generally and then of course machine only exponents who cannot understand why we woodworkers like…

On Rebates, Rabbets and Filletsters

On Rebates, Rabbets and Filletsters

Shoulder planes, rebate planes, filletster planes, bullnose planes, dado planes, carriage maker’s planes , badger planes and others too all create or refine step-downs in the wood to form or refine some type of rebate or housing. What’s the difference and which one should I buy? Some have square mouths and others skewed, while many…