Spill Plane - What does it do? | Paul Sellers

Paul Sellers demonstrates using this unusual woodworking plane that does not smooth the surface but instead produces long curled shavings used for lighting fires, candles or pipes. It is an ancestor to the match!

[Dagrond]

Wow - that's the kind of stuff that gets lost to history too quickly. Thanks for posting.

[steveiv]

Super cool, great conversation piece on lost history. So it was basically a match without the brim. Thanks for sharing.

[doczoff]

I also just bought a weird plane in an eBay job lot, thought "Is it a spiil plane?" and did a youTube search for 'spill plane' ... sure enough it looks just like Paul's except mine is worse for wear and I think the iron is a thinner flat replacement. Should be a fun little project to get it into full working order. Thanks for the excellent information Paul 😀

[jackreeves]

Amazing insight. I'm so glad I found your channel. It's better than therapy!

[goognamgoognw]

Paul, i love when you introduce extinct tools usage. An extinct tool does not mean it's no longer useful, it only means no company is no longer producing it for various reasons.

[LYLEWOLD]

never heard of these before, never even considered the scenario where Spills would be a truly useful item. thank you for posting this. and thanks to those who posted that lee valley has these planes on their website.

[Ddabigmac]

That is a nifty tool. I can totally see the niche it would have filled. Brilliant!

[mjallenuk]

That was smashing ... my bit of learned something for the day... thank you  ... nifty little purchase from the market too!

[jeffdustin]

What a fun little plane and great shavings.

[striplingttu]

I would like to see how one was made. This looks like it would be a fun project to take on.

[peckelhaze]

That's a new one to me. Very nice.

[ShaminMike]

That is awesome so glad I saw this video!!

[KeithPeters]

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing that one.

[dickcrawford]

I picked one up at a flea market. Probably 100+ years old now. It works great!

[NightWoodworker]

These curles are a great cat toys too, trust me :)

[WarrenPostma]

Nice find. I just found out that Lee Valley still makes a cast-iron reproduction of one of these.

[Diozark]

I love this craft, I wish I discovered it sooner, starting​ at 49 seems too late, better late than never.

[TheBullinamingvase]

Hi, Paul, is there any chance you could give some information in regard to the set up of the plane and the angle's used in relation to the blade and the base of the plane. I would really like to have a go at making one. Thanks.

[RickYorgason]

If anybody is looking, I've seen these in Lee Valley's catalogue.

[jimcarter]

That's interesting. Most likely very few people ever heard of such a thing.