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3241. Approximately 10" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this item.
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Answer:
This tool is a Morris scissor bench plane, or plow plane, patent number 112,949 states that it was "designed to enable the bit to be run at any desired distance from the edge of a board or panel."
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