Plane

Object Name:

Plane

Object ID:

1979.070.063

Creator:

Copeland, MelvinToolmaker

Place of Origin:

Hartford, CT

Description:

Plane, "L DODGE", "M COPELAND & CO". Medium-brown, fine-grained hardwood with wide angular ring spacing that show on sides and toe. Chamfer on left side starts with small notch, goes up front to right-angle rear front and across top where it blends into a boat-tail top surface. Chamfer then extends down back to another notch. Right side mirrors left side. On right and left sides are long flat chamfers at bottom edge. Cutting surface is wide concave. Iron 2.5" across. Stubs of an iron bar that passes through body of plane behind toe, center of which is ~1.5" behind toe and 1.5" below top surface, diameter ~0.45". Significant number of hammer marks on heel. Stamped on front at top is box stamp, serrated edges: "M. COPELAND. & CO". Below that box stamp, serrated edges, italics: "WARRANTED". Below that about a little over halfway up is box stamp, upside down, serrated edge: "L. DODGE". Below that is same stamp right-side up. Crack goes through all of the stamps. Iron is slightly loose; wedge is stuck. Back iron. In iron is vertical slot with key way at top. Top of iron is turned over from being struck. Top flat with small clipped corners. Back iron is fairly short in comparison. Stamp on iron, semi-circular text pointing upwards: "BAR...Y & W..." Then two straight lines of text below that which are full of dirt and are some corrosion so are mostly illegible although top line is: "CAST STEEL".

Material:

Wood
Metal
Iron

Dimensions:

H-5.3 W-3.4 L-9.5 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of George F. Sawyer

People:

Dodge, Leonard (1805-1863)