General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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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

40.8 cm

Width

7.0 cm

Height

16.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Tools-Hand

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 IN PRELIMINARY PREPARATION OF WOOD SURFACE, TO ROUGH CUT THE SAW KERF SURFACE ON THE LUMBER FROM THE SAW MILL.

Technical

JACK PLANES ARE COMMON BENCH PLANES WITH A STOCK 12-18 IN. LONG & 2.5-3 IN. WIDE, A FLAT SOLE, & AN OPEN ORCLOSED HANDLE. THE CUTTING IRON IS 1.75-2.25 IN. LONG, SLIGHTLY CONVEX TO PREVENT THE CORNERS OF THE IRON FROM MARKING THE WORK, & BEDDED SQUARE AT 45 OR 5 DEGREES (1). THE BEST BENCH PLANES HAD DOUBLE IRONS, INCREASINGLY COMMON AFTER 1800. DOUBLE IRONS CONSIST OF A HIGH CARBON STEEL CUTTING EDGE SCART (CUTTING IRON) WELDED TO A LOW CARBON EXTENSION (BREAK IRON) JOINED TOGETHER BY A COUPLING SCREW. BREAK IRON FORMS A STEEP SLOPE FOR THE RISING SHAVING & STIFFENS CUTTING IRON. CUTTING IRON OF JACK PLANE IS MITRED OR BASILLED LIKE A CHISEL ON UNDERSIDE OF CUTTING EDGE & IS SET RANK; PROJECTING FURTHER THAN USUAL BELOW THE SOLE FOR FAST, DEEP CUTTING (3).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

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Finish

UNFINISHED

Decoration

N/A