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2016-355, Plane
Panel Raising Plane (NC-893)
2016-355, Plane

Panel Raising Plane (NC-893)

Dateca. 1753-1784
Maker Cesar Chelor
OriginAmerica, Massachusetts, Wrentham
MediumWood, iron, and steel
DimensionsLength: 13" Height: 1 7/8" Thickness: 2 1/4"
Credit LineBequest of David V. Englund
Object number2016-355
DescriptionPlane of standard rectangular bench plane shape with a recut sole and top discharge. A stout tote is offset to the right and sits in a mortise behind the throat secured with a nail. The top and side edges have narrow flat chamfers that terminate with lamb’s tongue cuts. Fitted with a sharpened skewed blade and a replaced working life wedge.

MarkingsCE*CHELOR / LIVING*IN / WRENTHAM