Plane

Object Name:

Plane

Object ID:

1979.070.010

Creator:

Copeland, Daniel & MelvinToolmaker

Place of Origin:

Hartford, CT

Description:

Plane, wood block & iron "R. TAYLOR", "D & M COPELAND". Medium brown, fine-grained hardwood with horizontal growth rings and some light-colored rays vertically oriented in wood. Small amount light-colored speckling on left side. Bottom surface flat. Small, backward-sweeping groove with iron insert in it. Insert has rounded, beveled edge. Iron/steel insert probably acts as guide in planing action. On left small horizontal groove at front edge on left side about halfway up. Upward from groove, edge is chamfered to a right angle top front edge. Top left edge is chamfered from front to squared back edge with corners rounded at each side. Back edge chamfered downward to a small horizontal groove. On right side chamfering mirrors the configuration on left side. Iron has small amount of tarnish and corrosion. Plane iron also set into block at an angle so that right side of iron is closer to front than left side. Blade angle approximately 22 degrees from longitudinal axis. Number of dents from tool marks on heel surface. Stamps on front surface. At top is horizontally-oriented stamp with serrated edges. "D. & M. COPELAND." Below that is plane stamp, recessed characters: "R. TAYLOR" horizontally-oriented. On iron is stamped on tang that is partially obscured by wedge: "EWBOULD". Cheek area above mouth is rounded and sculpted.

Material:

Wood
Steel
Iron

Dimensions:

H-6.3 W-1.7 L-9.5 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of George F. Sawyer