General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

3

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

silver metal

Dimensions

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

Length

2.1 cm

Width

N/A

Height

17.2 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

Roxton

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Roxton Pond

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Presumably used c. late 1890s- late 1940s; possibly 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] For over a century (early 1800s-c. late 1920s), Roxton Pond craftsmen were producing large quantities of quality hand tools. Philippe Nicol and his brother-in-law Sem Dalpe, both plane makers in their own right, operated the Roxton Pond Tool Co. 1873-1876; ownership passed to Nicol and Nectaire Gravel in 1876. After 1901, the company's name was changed to Roxton Tool and Mill Co.: William S Bullock, the community's Baptist minister was the firm's head. The Stanley Rule and Level Co. acquired the business in 1908. [Ref. 4 & 6]

Function

To shape or cut a groove in wood, especially across the grain.

Technical

Also known as raglet, grooving, housing or trenching plane, the dado plane incorporates 3 key elements: a skewed iron, a depth stop and a double nicker forward of the blade to score the wood (across the dado's width) before the blade makes its cut. The skewed iron facilitates cutting across the grain, as the compression of one fibre against another is minimized. Originally used for cutting the grooves in flooring to take the tongue at the bottom edge of the skirting of the dado or half-panelling around the lower part of the wall in a room. Also used to cut across the grain in bookcase ends for shelving. [Ref.3]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

None evident.

Missing

None.

Finish

Silver metal, darkened along shaft.

Decoration

4 slanted lines incised on shaft, above blade.