Cap, plane iron

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OBJECT TYPE: METAL/BENCH/SMOOTHING
DATE: 1921
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.1971.003

MANUFACTURER: Stanley Works
MODEL: 414
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

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

Dimensions

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

Length: 5.0 cm
Width: 1.8 cm
Height: 13.0 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: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: This example presumably used after 1921 and until late 1940s; possibly used later.
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 within plane.
Technical: When spring-lever mechanism is closed, pressure exerted by the metal strip on underside of casting helps secure cutting iron. Metal smoothing plane (possibly No. 3) is shortest, and possibly the most common of all bench planes. This positioning of the iron could be adjusted vertically or laterally by means of either the lateral adjusting lever on .3, or a knurled screw located under the frog of the plane body. [Ref. 3]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "414/ 409" stamped into underside.
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Original finish on metal is obscured by rust.
Decoration: N/A

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Stanley Works, Cap, plane iron, after 1921, Artifact no. 2004.1971, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.1971.003/

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