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OBJECT TYPE: wood/fitting/rabbet
DATE: 1870
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.0592.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD

Dimensions

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

Length: 23.8 cm
Width: 2.9 cm
Height: 10.8 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: USED TO REMOVE & SMOOTH A RECTILINEAR SECTION OR REBATE ALONG THE EDGE OF THE BOARD
Technical: WOOD REBATE PLANES ARE USUALLY 8-10 IN. LONG,.5-1.5 IN. WIDE, & 3.5 IN HIGH. SOLE MAY BE FLAT, CONVEX, CONCAVE, SIDE-ROUND, OR COFFIN SHAPED. THE SHAVING APERTURE IS OFTEN GRACEFULLY CURVED. TO ACT AS A FENCE, FILLETS ARE SOMETIMES NAILED TEMPORARILY TO THE SOLE,OR NAILED OR CLAMPED TO THE WORKPIECE, OR THE PLANE MAY BE TIPPED FOR THE FIRST FEW STROKES TO FORM A GUIDING CHANNEL. THE IRON IS SHOULDERED, SQUARE, OR SKEWED, OCCASIONALLY SIDE-SHARPENED & BEDDED AT ABOUT 50 DEGREES (SALAMAN, P.348). RABBET PLANES WERE AVAILABLE IN SIZES FROM 1-2 INCH WIDTHS IN INCREMENTS OF 1/8 INCH.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: CUTTING IRON
Finish: UNFINISHED
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Plane, circa 1870, Artifact no. 1981.0592, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0592.001/

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