RODIER'S PATENT

Found at a flea Sunday October 3rd at 9:30 am...way late for this sort of thing to have been passed up..especially since I know three guys who pick this market early...luck of the draw I guess

here's the plane as found:

Note the price tag on the tote...but the dealer gave me a break on the price 'cause it was a slow day- obviously the wrong knob, I've replaced it but still not correct..tote appeared to be a home-made job, but very servicable.

now that's what I call corrugations! That's what drew me to the plane in the first place..I could see these very outstanding squiggly lines through the obligatory white paint..

 

 

the adjustment- like nothing you've ever seen..

here's a shot of the bed with the depth adjustment

close up of the star knob that controls the cam

see that very thick protrusion at the back of the sole? It's the post for the bottom of the tote...held in place with that post and one screw...

..interesting concept..the star wheel rotates a cam that pivots the cutting edge of the blade through the sole of the plane. changing both the depth and the angle..

 

 

..to read more about the Rodier patent I recommend Patrick Leach's study at:

supertool

 

 

P.S. in case anyones wondering...the dealer I got the Rodier's from is a big Elvis Presley fan..I brought him a couple of hundred dollars worth of rare Elvis memorabilia a few weeks later...for free..pays to own a record store once in a while...

 

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