General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOODSTOCK (PROBABLY BEECH)/ METAL (STEEL?) CUTTING IRON

Dimensions

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

Length

23.9 cm

Width

4.1 cm

Height

15.4 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

MALLOCH

Country

Scotland

State/Province

Unknown

City

Perth

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

MOULDING PLANE USED TO PRODUCE A SUNK SIDE BEAD WITH A QUIRK WITH A SINGLE OBLIQUE BOX. USED TO MAKE DECORATIVE MOULDING FOR CORNICE STRIPS, BASEBOARDS, WINDOW & DOOR FRAME PANELS, PICTURE FRAMES, ETC.

Technical

THE FORM OF MOULDING PLANESHAS BEEN EST'D SINCE APPROX. 1770 WITH A STOCK 9.5 IN. LONG, 0.625-1.25 IN. WIDE AT TOP, & 3.5 IN. HIGH, & A STEP HALFWAY DOWN THE STOCK. THE SOLE HAS A SMALL FENCE ON ONE SIDE & A REBATED STEP ON THE OTHER, FORMING A DEPTH STOP. BEECH BEAD PLANES HAVE SOLES REINFORCED BY STRIPS OF BOXWOOD. IRONS ARE BEDDED AT 55-60 DEGREES (REF 2). USE OF PLANES TO SHAPE MOULDINGS WAS COMMON JOINERY PRACTICE IN ENGLAND IN 17TH-18TH C. & IN N. AMERICA. LATE IN THE 18TH C. THERE WAS A CHANGE FROM ROMAN CLASSICAL DESIGNS WHICH WERE BASED ON SEGMENTS OF A CIRCLE OF CONTINUOUS CURVATURES, COMBINED WITH RECTILINEAR FILLETS, TO GRECIAN DESIGNS WITH MORE ABRUPT PROFILES WITH MARKED TURNING POINTS (REF 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

IMPRINTED LETTERING READS 'D. MALLOCH & SON, PERTH', 'WARRENTED', '265 ARGILE ST.'/ WARRENTER'S NAME IS ILLEGIBLE

Missing

PART OF BOXWOOD STRIP

Finish

UNFINISHED

Decoration

N/A