No. 07 Skew Block Plane
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Manufactured: |
1929 to 1970 |
| Sole Length: | 7” |
| Iron Width: | 1-5/8” |
| Weight: | 1.5 Lbs |
| Bedding Angle: | 20 Degrees |
| Iron Skew Angle: | 20 Degrees |
| Scoring Spur: | No |
| Rabbet Configuration: | Right Side Only |
| Adjustments: | Depth of Cut |
| Lever Cap Type: | Tension Wheel |
| Casting Number Body: | 391 |
| Casting Number Cap: | 392 |
| Cross Reference: | Stanley No. 140 |
No. 07
The No. 07 is the only skewed plane released by Millers Falls. The plane is configured with a tension wheel nickel lever cap and a depth adjusting screw. The right side cheek can be removed for making rabbet cuts, but the plane is not configured with a scoring spur. Over the forty-one year production run, the No. 07 had four different configurations which are listed below with the time range and features found on the plane.
Type 1 configuration – 1929 - 1935
Millers Falls name is cast around the knob.
Model number is cast at the heel.
The iron landing has a full surface with no recess.
The fixed mouth 1/8” opening.
Initial release has no cheek stamp, later release (1933), name and number stamped on side cheek.
Threaded knob made from cocobolo rosewood.
Lever cap is nickel plated.
“Since 1868” iron trademark (see irons for more details).
The depth adjustment screw knob has a diamond pattern knurling.
Type 2 configuration starting 1936 to 1944
Embossed name removed from the bed. Embossed number remains.
Iron landing has a recessed area.
The mouth has increased 1/32” to 5/32”.
Starting 1942, knob is a stained hardwood.
Type 3 configuration starting 1945 to 1966
Embossed number removed from the bed.
Knob is secured to the bed with a 10-24 flat head machine screw.
In 1949, the iron trademark was changed to include the words “Solid Tool Steel”.
In 1949, Knob is made of rosewood.
In 1956, Knob is made of tropical wood
Type 4 configuration starting 1966 to 1970
The frog and iron are redesigned to use the three hole iron.
No trademark is present on the iron.
The 07 number on the cheek will have a “B” added.
The depth adjustment screw knob has a straight pattern knurling.
Type 1 showing the name and number cast on the bed.
The four types. Type 1 with the name and number cast on the bed. Type 2 with a threaded knob, cheek stamp and only the number embossed on the bed. Type 3 with a screw securing the knob, cheek stamp and no name or number on the bed. Type 4 with the modified iron and iron adjust knob.
Millers Falls No. 07 skew block plane type 3 with the original box.
Type 2 No.07 block plane with a threaded knob and the model number embossed on the bed at the heel.
With the right cheek removed, the No. 07 can be used to clean rabbets. The cheek is removed by loosening the two screws on the side and sliding the cheek pins out of the holes below the screws.
Small difference between the mouth opening of a type 2 and a type 3.
The threads on the iron depth adjusting seat are tilted to one side. If you remove the seat, make sure to replace it in the correct orientation.
This type 2 No. 07 shows the "Since 1868" trademark iron stamp and the cheek stamp. After 1948, the trademark will contain the words "Solid Tool Steel". After 1966, the iron will not have a trademark stamp and the micro groves on the back will be replaced with three oval holes to adjust the iron.
The No. 07 had a unique iron adjustment. A series of grooves were added to the iron with a complementary set of ridges on the iron depth adjusting seat.
The changes to the type 4; increased contact to the tension wheel, adjustment holes on the iron, redesigned frog and iron depth adjusting seat, straight knurling on the depth adjustment screw knob.
The type 4 will have a "B" added to the cheek stamp.