On 8/9/2012 12:43 PM, Tom Holloway wrote:
> GGs,
> > 	I've found some tool inventories of the carpenter shop of Hudson's Bay Comp
any's Fort Vancouver,

> **

> > 	Can anyone here describe for me, and/or point me to web resources on, mid-1
9th century woodworking tools known as "case plane" and "rubber plane"?
> 	TIA,
> 		Tom Holloway
> <http://furfortfunfacts.blogspot.com/>
>
> > Here is the complete inventory for 1845 [with a few notes by me in square br
ackets], which might help in figuring out what case planes and rubber planes are
 NOT:
> 6 adzes
> 4 large square head axes
> 12 grooving axes
> 8 screw augers [probably large “T” augers, for boring holes in beams]
> 6 shell augers
> 1 brace [and] 36 bits
> 1 hand saw file
> 1 pair compasses
> 1 screw driver
> 4 gouges
> 1 small square, 6 inch
> 3 assorted gimlets
> 4 spike gimlets
> 1 jointer plane
> 3 trying planes
> 4 jack planes
> 1 hand plane [probably a small smoothing plane]
> 2 pair grooving planes 11-1/8 [number meaning unclear]
> 3 bead planes
> 2 molding planes
> 1 hand saw
> 3 tenon saws
> 2 window planes
> 1 case plane									
> 1 rubber plane
> 1 half round file 12 inches
> 3 bastard files
> 1 pit saw file
> 1 cross cut saw file
> 2 rat tail files
> 3 flat bastard files
> 3 plough keys
> 1 oil stone
> 6 shingling axes
> 2 key hole saws
> 1 pair pincers
> 10 assorted chisels
> 9 socket chisels
> 3 kent hammers
> 3 foot rules
>
Well, to answer your question first, no. However, if the tools are 
listed in the order given, I note that the two items you're asking about 
are not listed with the large group of planes. The case plane falls 
right after the window planes, suggesting it may be associated with 
sash-making (casement?). The rubber plane precedes the files, suggesting 
it might be an abrasive tool of some sort.

Worth what you paid
Don
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