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Peugeot Freres plane - JimReed@Tallahassee - 10-17-2017
I saw this sad plane one evening and recklessly threw out a starter bid. Yesterday the postman delivered the prize to my doorstep. Here is what you can get these days for $14.53 in the handplane world.
![[Image: DSCN4101.jpg]](http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd201/jimreed2160/2017/DSCN4101.jpg)
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It is a Peugeot Freres smoother from France. About #3 size, in fruitwood or beech and with an unsharpened tapered blade.
![[Image: DSCN4103.jpg]](http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd201/jimreed2160/2017/DSCN4103.jpg)
![[Image: DSCN4110.jpg]](http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd201/jimreed2160/2017/DSCN4110.jpg)
The previous owner had bashed the blade from the end with a steel hammer enough to deform the steel. A few minutes on an anvil fixed that issue. I wire brushed the rust.
The blade is tight and I need to relieve the sides just a touch so it moves more freely. The end looks factory ground--all it needs is a good honing. It is quite a puzzle because the plane is well worn and the blade is of the era. I am sure it is a replacement. Maybe the first blade was used up. The plane sole is dished with the mouth as a high spot. I need to take it down a bit.
So the next task is to make a new wedge. At least the good part of the original wedge is there and can serve as a good pattern. The challenge will be to stain it and make it match the plane.
So for the price of a burger and a brew I have a nice little 100 yo plane to play with. Not a bad deal.
RE: Peugeot Freres plane - Timberwolf - 10-17-2017
(10-17-2017, 06:13 AM)JimReed@Tallahassee Wrote: I saw this sad plane one evening and recklessly threw out a starter bid. Yesterday the postman delivered the prize to my doorstep. Here is what you can get these days for $14.53 in the handplane world...............
It is a Peugeot Freres smoother from France. About #3 size, in fruitwood or beech and with an unsharpened tapered blade.
The previous owner had bashed the blade from the end with a steel hammer enough to deform the steel. A few minutes on an anvil fixed that issue. I wire brushed the rust.
The blade is tight and I need to relieve the sides just a touch so it moves more freely. The end looks factory ground--all it needs is a good honing. It is quite a puzzle because the plane is well worn and the blade is of the era. I am sure it is a replacement. Maybe the first blade was used up. The plane sole is dished with the mouth as a high spot. I need to take it down a bit.
So the next task is to make a new wedge. At least the good part of the original wedge is there and can serve as a good pattern. The challenge will be to stain it and make it match the plane.
So for the price of a burger and a brew I have a nice little 100 yo plane to play with. Not a bad deal.
I have a Horn Plane and a toothing plane by that maker and a couple of other odd tools...The horn plane has a laminated body.
RE: Peugeot Freres plane - Scott W - 10-17-2017
What's with that hole in the front? Any idea
RE: Peugeot Freres plane - C. in Indy - 10-17-2017
OK, I'll see your plane and raise you a plane....
Similar story, bottom-dollar #Bay purchase, but with a missing blade. Burl horn is something else, though!
Unfortunately my stock of plane blades doesn't have an exact fit, but the challenge is enticing!
Chris
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RE: Peugeot Freres plane - Timberwolf - 10-17-2017
(10-17-2017, 10:27 AM)Scott W Wrote: What's with that hole in the front? Any idea............My guess the hole was for a dowel or some other type of handhold.
RE: Peugeot Freres plane - Admiral - 10-17-2017
Mouth looks pretty wide; any thought to a re-soleing job?
RE: Peugeot Freres plane - Stwood_ - 10-17-2017
Looks like a
challenge. Side hole was maybe for a handle
RE: Peugeot Freres plane - Timberwolf - 10-18-2017
(10-17-2017, 07:41 PM)Stwood_ Wrote: Looks like a,,,,,,,,,,,
Side hole was maybe for a handle
LIL...I like rehabbing old woodies...if the sole is decent but has a wide mouth, I like to inlay a piece of 1/8" thick brass to close the mouth up, breathing new life in the old guys...I have one in the line-up right now waiting it's turn..if I ever get around to it..
RE: Peugeot Freres plane - Scott W - 10-18-2017
(10-17-2017, 03:40 PM)Timberwolf Wrote: ............My guess the hole was for a dowel or some other type of handhold.
I thought that but i tbought those types of handhelds were mainly on Asian planes.
RE: Peugeot Freres plane - Timberwolf - 10-18-2017
(10-18-2017, 06:55 PM)Scott W Wrote: I thought that but i tbought those types of handhelds were mainly on Asian planes.....................
Thats the tools I have seen the dowels on also..If the hole goes all the way through the body, a dowel could be inserted and a rope used to pull the plane while the other person held it down and pushed. But I can't imagine that would be necessary with a plane that size.