28 Long Handled Plane Moulson Brothers

Object/Artifact

Railway Village Museum

28" Long Handled Plane

Name/Title

28" Long Handled Plane Moulson Brothers

Entry/Object ID

2021.10.53

Description

28" Long handled plane by Moulson Brothers.

Use

Used for dressing timber down to size in preparation for truing and/or edge jointing. The versality of the jack plane has led to it being the most common bench plane in use.

Acquisition

Accession

2021.10

Source or Donor

Chuck Koch

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Moulson Brothers

Time Period

19th Century

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

on blade

Transcription

Moulson Brothers Warranted Cast Steel

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Class

Woodworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Dimensions

Height

6 in

Width

3 in

Length

28 in

Material

Wood, Metal