Plane, Round

Object Name:

Plane, Round

Object ID:

1979.070.128

Description:

Cooper's plane, rounded. "JAMES CAM". Medium-brown, fine-grained hardwood. Made with large top handle piece and smaller curved-wood fence piece that are held together by threaded wood screws with thumb-nuts of the ends. Handle portion has long, straight edge that is slightly convex. Two shorter sections opposite it at each end that are also convex and constitute the handles. Ends of handles are square-cut with convex edges. Two smooth stubs of adjusting screw ends near center of long straight edge. Handle piece is 1.2" thick. Semi-circular edge opposite the straight edge, 11" wide x 5.6" deep. At one side is inclined slot that is 1.9" long x 0.7" wide. Also, an adjoining chip-relief area cut into side of blade slot. Blade 1.9" long. Iron blade piece tapers slightly from blade to thinner top end. Top edge turned over from having been struck. Top edge straight with two, wide chamfered corners. Blade stamped at top end. Top box stamp has serrated edges. Text: "JAMES * CAM". Next stamp has at least one serrated end, "WARRANTED". Bottom box stamp has some serrated sections on top and bottom edges: "CAST * STEEL". (* is a pellet). The letters in the "CAST STEEL" stamp are slightly flattened. Guide piece on bottom of handle assembly 6.7" wide x 1.8" deep at center of its curved surface. Small notch on guide piece that corresponds with slot on underside of handle where blade protrudes.

Material:

Wood
Metal

Dimensions:

H-6 W-5.7 L-16.2 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of George F. Sawyer