I always thought it was just because of the general wedge-like shape and it's resemblance to a frog sitting. In fact the term "frog" is not too uncommon to describe similarly shaped parts in various tools and machinery besides planes.
I must say, though, that when I read the subject line of your post, the first thing I thought was that this was an OT post with a joke about a frog on an airplane.
Hmmm. Good point. Free bag of planer chips (great lightly salted!) to the person who comes up with the best punch line.
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The strange thing about stanley plane frogs is they began life with no tail, and later grew one. Shouldn't we be calling them polly-wogs?
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Only if you start calling a spoke shave a tad pole trimmer.
R| Hmmm. Good point. Free bag of planer chips (great lightly | salted!) to the person who comes up with the best punch line.
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Can anyone give me the reason a 'frog' is called a frog?
Maybe for the same reason that piece of iron they use to rerail boxcars on the railroad is called a frog, which is....
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