Cap, plane iron

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OBJECT TYPE: METAL/BENCH/JACK/FORE
DATE: 1910–1938
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.1970.003

MANUFACTURER: Stanley Rule & Level Co.
MODEL: 2 1/4
LOCATION: Unknown

More Information

General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 3
AKA: lever cap
Patents: N/A
General Description: cast metal

Dimensions

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

Length: 14.0 cm
Width: 5.7 cm
Height: 1.6 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: Stanley
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This example presumably used c.1919 until late 1940s.
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 secure cutting iron in place.
Technical: When spring-lever mechanism is closed, pressure exerted by the metal strip on underside of casting helps secure cutting iron. This plane features the larger 2 3/8-inch iron (prior to 1939, the iron measured 2 1/4-inches wide.): given the markings on .3 lever cap, these two components may not be contemporaries.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "2 1/4" stamped into underside of casting, over earlier stamped marking "3 1/2".
Missing: None.
Finish: All metal construction: tensioned silver metal strip fixed to underside of casting provides resistance when lever is depressed.
Decoration: N/A

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Stanley Rule & Level Co., Cap, plane iron, between 1910–1938, Artifact no. 2004.1970, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1970.003/

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