Concluding the Scrub Plane Series

Concluding the Scrub Plane Series

Metal and Wooden Scrub Planes Both Work Fine We have seen that the cast metal scrub planes originating in the Western world started only a little over a century or so ago; and that these dedicated roughing planes found their origins from an early wooden counterpart. Metal versions were never as accepted in mainland Europe,…

Old Men, Old Planes, Old Ways Now Gone – The Origin of Scrub Planes

Old Men, Old Planes, Old Ways Now Gone – The Origin of Scrub Planes

This Blog Post is About Scrub Planes. Had I said roughing planes, only a few would have understood. Even in the 1960s old wooden planes, the Stanley scrub plane and even the Stanley furring plane would have been referred to as roughing planes because, in typical fashion, the plane derived its name from its function.  In…