Society of American Period Furniture Makers
The E-Interview Series: The Bombé Chest with John Davis

Chest Sides

Figure 2. Scrubing the case sides with scrubing plane.

SAPFM What are the three planes in this photo?
DAVIS I used a Stanley No.40 scrub plane to remove the “stairsteps”, and a Stanley No. 20 circular plane to smooth the curved sides. The Stanley 81 scraper was used on the case top.

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