General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

58

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL - NICKELPLATED CAST IRON & WOOD (ROSEWOOD) HANDLES & FENCES/.2-.58 STEEL

Dimensions

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

Length

29.5 cm

Width

23.5 cm

Height

16.0 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

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Saskatchewan

Period

Unknown

Canada

THIS COLLECTION OF TOOLS BELONGED TO A CARPENTER WHO EMIGRATED FROM ENGLAND IN 1910 & SETTLED IN MOOSE JAW, SASK/ THE TOOL CHEST & MOST OF THE TOOLS WERE BROUGHT WITH HIM FROM ENGLAND & USED TO BUILD HIS 1ST 2 HOUSES AS WELL AS SOME FURNITURE

Function

DESIGNED TO COMBINE IN ONE TOOL THE FUNCTIONS OF NEARLY ALL PLANES OTHER THAN THOSE PERFORMED BY CONVENTIONAL FLAT-SOLED BENCH PLANES/ IT CAN SERVE AS A MOULDING, MATCH, SASH, BEADING, REEDING, FLUTING, HOLLOW, ROUND, PLOW, RABBET & FILLETSTER, DADO, SLITTING & CHAMFER PLANE

Technical

THIS PLANE COULD BE USED TO MAKE A CONSIDERABLE VARIETY OF MOULDINGS/ AS THE 20TH CENTURY PROGRESSED, HOWEVER, MOULDINGS WERE INCREASINGLY PRODUCED BY MACHINE RATHER THAN BY HAND METHOD SUCH AS THIS

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 MOULDED IN 'NO./ 55', 'NO. 55' 'STANLEY' & '55'/ STAMPED 'STANLEY RULE/ & LEVEL CO./ PAT. SEP.19.93/ " JAN.22.95'/.2 '93'/.3 '115'/.4 '113'/.5 '44'/.6 '55'/.7 '95'/.8 '57'/.9 '47'/.10 '75'/.11 '43'/.12 '5'/.13 '64'/.14 '34'/.15 '32'/.16 '36'/.17 '84'/.18 '38'/.19 '28'/.20 '232'/.21 '62'/.22 '212'/.23 '222'/.24 '102'/.25 '104'/.26 '106'/.27 '86'/.28 '82'/.29 '53'/.30 '73'/.31 '45'/.32 '54'/.40-.41 STAMPED 'G.B. KIMBELL'/.33 'PAT. OCT.24.82'/.50 '29'

Missing

MISSING ONE HANDLE & FENCE, POSSIBLY MISSING OTHER PTS, BUT APPEARS LARGELY COMPLETE OTHER THAN THE MISSING HANDLE & FENCE

Finish

.1 SILVERTONE WITH SOME DARKENED & RUSTY SPOTS/ WOOD PTS APPEAR TO HAVE CLEAR FINISH, SHOW DARK WOOD GRAIN/.2-.58 ARE SILVERTONE ON ONE SIDE, DARKER SILVER-GREY ON OTHER SIDE - ALL UNFINISHED

Decoration

.1 CROSSHATCH PATTERN IN PLACES, SLIGHTLY RAISED PATTERN ON ROD HOLDERS