Traditional dovetailed infill planes

The A27 Bullnose Infill Plane.


A27 Bullnose Infill plane. This plane was traditionally a casting and not dovetailed, although I have seen a version by Spiers that was dovetailed. It is my intention to make a dovetailed version of this plane in the near future along with the Chariot and Thumb planes.

This plane has the advantage of having a badgered mouth on both sides, as on a rebate plane. It can gain greater access due to it's smaller toe. Much sought after by cabinet and instrument makers and therefore was made by most of the early makers.

  • A27 Bullnose Infill plane with bag.

It was only Norris that incorporated an adjuster in this style of plane. With its adjuster it makes a very desirable balanced hand tool.

The photographs show one of only six planes I have ever made. It will be interesting to see my dovetailed variant of this.

A27 Bullnose Infill plane.