Millers Falls No. 7 Smooth Plane
as illustrated in the Millers Falls catalog No. 42 (January 1938).
Smooth Planes
Smooth Bottom
End and side adjustment of cutters. Cutters one solid piece of fine, high carbon steel well ground and polished. Bottoms and sides nicely polished. Inside of bottoms finished in glossy black enamel, frogs in red enamel. Lever cap polished, nickeled and buffed. Selected rosewood knobs and handles.
Smooth Planes are used for finishing broad, flat surfaces. They are short in length so that low spots can be reached if the surface is uneven.
Note: The above information has been reproduced from an original catalog listing.
Specifications:
| Plane Type: | Smooth Plane |
| Features: | Adjustable, with screw adjustment for cutter |
| Manufactured: | From 1929 to 1944 |
| Length: | 7 inches |
| Cutter Width: | 1⅝ inches |
| Weight: | 2¼ lbs. |
| Construction: | Cast iron body, Rosewood handle & knob |
| Finish: | Japanned. Polished Trimmings |
| Price (1938): | $4.20 |
| Uses: | General purpose bench plane |
Please check the Value Guide For Millers Falls Planes page for relative prices.
Additional Notes:
Even though various catalogs stated that this plane was 7 inches long it was, in fact, slightly over 8 inches in length.
On early models the number was cast into the body around the front knob. The knobs were made from rosewood (cocobolo).
