Iron, plane

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OBJECT TYPE: common
DATE: 1824–1833
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.1618.003

MANUFACTURER: Stones, F.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Sheffield, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 3
AKA: compass plane
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal

Dimensions

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

Length: 4.4 cm
Width: N/A
Height: 13.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Tools-Hand
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Stones
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Sheffield

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Presumably used c. late 1890s- late 1940s; probably also used earlier.
Canada: Part of a collection of hand tools belonging to James Anthony (1883-1966), an English born and trained carpenter who came to Canada c. 1910 and worked in and around Ottawa, ON. Following the 1916 fire which destroyed the Parliament buildings and damaged the Library, Mr. Anthony was hired as a foreman with the restoration crews. Until 1920, he was involved in the rebuilding of the Peace Tower and the installation of new windows at the Library of Parliament. He later worked with various builders in the Ottawa area, retiring in the late1940s. After his death in 1966 the tools were given to his son Jack, who in turn donated them to CSTMC. [Ref. 1]
Function: To shave shallow strips of surface wood. Specifically, the iron in a compass plane was used for smoothing curved surfaces.
Technical: Double cutting iron for compass plane having a convex curved sole. Popular with wheelwrights, shipbuilders and other tradesmen for smoothing curved surfaces.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: " F. STONES" stamped in raised print on parallel iron; "[P ?]ARTRIDGE" stamped into back or cap iron.
Missing: None.
Finish: Silver metal, heavily rusted.
Decoration: N/A

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Stones, F., Iron, plane, circa 1824–1833, Artifact no. 2004.1618, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1618.003/

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