>From Ken Roberts "Wooden Planes in 19th Century America" (pg. 49
>plate VIII c):

The description comes from part of a listing by the Sandusky Tool Co.
about is numbering and line of planes. It also gives equivalents to
competitor's model numbers. This is an 1885 catalog and references an
previous catalog, so is close in time period to your list.

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"Casing Moulding Plane, with Fence, to work on edge............... $
.80 to 1.00

Model number equivalency according to Sandusky by Mfg:

Sandusky 1885 cat: #19 Sandusky (prior #'s): #54 3/4 Ohio: 43 1/8
Auburn: 155 1/2 Chapin: 217 3/4 Greenfield: No entry

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I would hazard a guess that the rubber plane, being listed next to
the window and case planes would be to cut/form weather-stripping of
some sort.

Brian J.M. Rytel brian.rytel@g...

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Don Schwartz  wrote:
> 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 Company's Fort Vancouver,
>
>
>> **
>
>
>>         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
>>
> 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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