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 platted.

•  “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 made of rosewood.

• In 1956, Knob made of tropical wood

Type 4 configuration starting 1966 to 1970

• The frog and iron are redesigned to use the 3 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.