Tom-

I looked in Whelan. He listed neither directly. He has a section on
casemakers and the specialized planes they used to create "air-tight
cases". Generally the planes would create a shallow radiused groove or
grooves that would mate with a raised bead creating a tighter joint than
a simple butt join. They were used particularly on the edges of doors.
Maybe they'd be used at remote posts to create a more element proof case
than rougher cases, but I'm skeptical. It looks like some of them at
least were used in pairs like match planes, but yielding a shallow joint
that could be opened again.

No mention at all of rubber planes, but what do you expect in a book
about wooden planes.

Phil

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Tom Holloway wrote:

> GGs, I've found some tool inventories of the carpenter shop of
> Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Vancouver, [
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Vancouver> for the historical
> context, <http://www.nps.gov/fova/index.htm> for the modern National
> Park Service reconstruction,] for 1845, that I hope someone can help
> identify. Among the various types of planes that I CAN figure out (see
> full inventory below). are listed "1 case plane" and 1 rubber plane."
> I've tried searching both via Google and in the OT message archive,
> but the various uses and alternative meanings of the two separate
> words in each case yields only frustration. Can anyone here describe
> for me, and/or point me to web resources on, mid-19th 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 brackets], 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 =93T=94 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
>
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