Handled Jack Plane

Object/Artifact

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Railway Village Museum

Handled jack plane.

Handled jack plane.

Name/Title

Handled Jack Plane

Entry/Object ID

2021.10.54

Description

Handled Jack Plane

Use

A jack plane is a general-purpose woodworking bench plane, 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

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Class

Woodworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Dimensions

Height

5-1/4 in

Width

2 in

Length

15-1/4 in

Material

Wood, Metal