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This antique cast iron tool is apparently for carpenters and incorporates a router section with an adjustable fence. What is it called and who made it?

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    Picture not coming/bad link. – crip659 Jul 30 '22 at 22:34
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    looks like you added the picture and then deleted the link to the picture, so the picture isn't added after all. [edit] and try again, and don't delete the gobbledegook it puts at the bottom of the edit box... – Ecnerwal Jul 30 '22 at 22:58
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    Not sure who did a -1 on a new user with a good question and some technical issues, but welcome aboard and likely a +1 from me and many others once you get the picture figured out. – statueuphemism Jul 31 '22 at 00:12
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    Also, once you fix the photo problem, click "reopen". A few other people should follow along and this will reopen the question. – DoxyLover Jul 31 '22 at 05:19
  • @DoxyLover I don't see "reopen" anywhere. – Hot Licks Aug 01 '22 at 02:37
  • @HotLicks - It should be at the bottom of the post, just below the "cast-iron" and "antique" tags. Several options in the next line - share, edit, follow, reopen, and flag. – Mark Aug 01 '22 at 02:44
  • @Mark I guess I don't have enough rep. – Hot Licks Aug 01 '22 at 03:08
  • @HotLicks - That may be. You've got two votes now, it shouldn't take long to get another one. – Mark Aug 01 '22 at 03:30

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This is a Combination Plane, probably from the 19th century.

It combines all or some of the tool functions offered by "a skewed cutter plow, dado, filletster and match plane".

If it's a Stanley brand, the brand would be readable on the side. If not, it could be one of many imitations. Perhaps it's number "45", types 1 to 4. Later models have more adjustment screws.

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The “combination plane” was developed to create a woodworking tool that would perform multiple functions and free a workman from having to own a large number of individual planes. Over a 50-year time span in the second half of the 19th century numerous inventors patented and produced a broad array of combination planes.

Ref: eaiainfo.org

There are several patents of this tool.

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  • Thank you very much! Value?? – bill d. Aug 02 '22 at 13:05
  • @billd. depends on the features (how many adjustments possible) and the accessories not depicted, if any. On ebay these vintage tools are around $80-$200. If it doesn't function because the screws have seized then its only ornamental, so less value. Where did you find it? – P2000 Aug 02 '22 at 14:19
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    Got it at a local garage sale in Des Moines. Thanks again! – bill d. Aug 13 '22 at 22:21
  • @billd. ok well have fun with it. Glad this was useful. Remember to mark off the answer you liked best. That's a separate action in addition to any upvotes. – P2000 Aug 13 '22 at 23:45
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This looks like a rebate (or rabbet) plane. A quick search shows brand new ones which look very similar in design. The further away part is a basic manual plane and the nearest part an adjustable fence to guide where the planing happens. I have no idea who made this specific one however.

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