The moulding plane, which is used to cut mouldings along the edge of a board.

A traditional cabinetmakers shop might have many, perhaps hundreds, of moulding planes for the full range of work to be performed.

Moulding planes have much too steep a blade angle and I have never seen any special low angle ones.

Hollows and Rounds, which are similar to moulding planes, but lack a specific moulding profile.

Significantly, linenfold had no prototype in architectural practice: the technique of the moulding plane is not applicable to stone-cutting.

Moulding planes are excellent to work with, but the job of producing long lengths of moulding can be very time-consuming.

In modern industry, the work of the moulding plane has been taken up by the electrically powered spindle moulder or wood shaper.

Old timber moulding planes were used to mould the ogee shaped front to the drawer and all the carvings were done by hand.

Modern routers are often used in place of traditional moulding planes or spindle moulder machines for edge decoration (moulding) of timber.

The second is to tackle the job yourself, if you have the skill, using either traditional moulding planes or power tools such as the router or edge cutter.

Traditionally, moulding planes were blocks of wear resistant hardwood, often Beech or Maple, which were worked to the shape of the intended moulding.

In woodworking, a moulding plane (molding plane in US spelling) is a specialised plane used for making the complex shapes found in wooden mouldings.

While generally considered outdated, a modern furniture shop doing reproduction or restoration work might keep a collection of moulding planes to match original work, or to build in an authentic manner.

Carving linenfold decoration requires little carpentry skill or training, and it can be mass-produced by a semi-skilled workforce: the creased designs were run with a moulding plane; only top and bottom edges needed to be finished with a chisel.

Below is a model of an antique Stanley 55 molding plane.

A molding plane was for making different types and patterns of moldings.

I collect hand tools as some amass stocks and bonds, and use every tool I buy, from antique wooden molding planes to two-foot-long slicks.

In woodworking, a moulding plane (molding plane in US spelling) is a specialised plane used for making the complex shapes found in wooden mouldings.

Henry Meyer, a gifted amateur cabinet maker, displayed a lovely cherry hall table he had made, as well as several antique wood-working tools--a spoke saw, a molding plane and a hand scraper.

A worktable with a sign stating "Please Touch" invites visitors to try a hand at cutting a decorative molding with a molding plane or to try hammering and drilling with duplicates of the old tools.

He has gone with the old time carpenter and obsolete shoemaker - the former with 500 pounds of molding planes and woodworking tools, the latter with nothing but pegging and sewing awls, hammer, and knife...