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Dr.Al wrote:I met up with my parents today for the first time in 9 months and they gave me a very lovely belated birthday present.
I have no idea what I'm going to use a compass plane for, but I'm looking forward to coming up with some ideas!
sunnybob wrote:I've just had to google that.... wow!. I never saw a convex / concave plane before. That kind of thing could tempt me.
Andyp wrote:So why do you think it is called a compass plane? I know what it was used for and it wasn't making compasses.
Nice gift BTW.
AndyT wrote:Andyp wrote:So why do you think it is called a compass plane? I know what it was used for and it wasn't making compasses.
Nice gift BTW.
I'm pretty sure that "compassed work" was a general term for anything with a curve. It would have applied to windows or doors with arched heads, for example. A compass plane was used on a compassed work.
verbARCHAIC
1.
go round (something) in a circular course.
"the ship wherein Magellan compassed the world"
Mike G wrote:Dr.Al wrote:I met up with my parents today for the first time in 9 months and they gave me a very lovely belated birthday present.
I have no idea what I'm going to use a compass plane for, but I'm looking forward to coming up with some ideas!
If you ever want to sell that Dr Al, I have a boat-building project on my horizon. A compass plane is an absolute necessity for that.
Mike G wrote:Love to see some photos. Thanks Pete. Could you put something in them to give a sense of scale?
Mike G wrote:Therefore, I don't have enough tools. Amongst the tools I need to acquire in the interim are a load more clamps, a decent bandsaw,......and a compass plane.
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