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OBJECT TYPE: wood/special/cooper's croze
DATE: 1870
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.0553.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD/ STEEL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 42.9 cm
Width: 15.0 cm
Height: 11.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Tools & equipment-trades
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO CUT THE CROZE GROOVE AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE BARREL STAVES NEAR EACH END, IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE HEADS
Technical: THE CROZE IS A FORM OF PLOUGH PLANE, MADE IN A VARIETY OF FORMS, HOME & FACTORY MADE. A NARROW CUTTER (CROSE-IRON) IS MOUNTED ON A STEM (POST) WHICH IS SECURED IN ANY DESIRED POSITION BY MEANS OF A WEDGE. THUS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CROZE GROOVE & THE STAVE ENDSCAN BE VARIED. THE SIMPLEST (& PROBABLY EARLIEST) IRONS ARE SHAPED LIKE SAW TEETH & ARE HELD IN A HOUSING CALLED A BOX OR GUARD. MORE RECENTLY THE SAW-TOOTH ASSEMBLY WAS AUGMENTED BY A HOOKED ROUTER TOOTH AT ONE END (SALAMAN, P.319-320).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: N/A
Finish: UNFINISHED
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Plane, circa 1870, Artifact no. 1981.0553, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0553.001/

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