Galoots-

At the risk of repeating myself, let me repeat myself.  Whelan has several
figures of casement or casemakers plane profiles in his book.  Fig 13:94
show planes to make an "Air-tight Case".  Most would create a raised
rounded rib on one door and a matching groove on the other to create the
more than less air-tight seal.  Another type creates a joint analogous to
cupping your fingers and hooking your hands together.  These planes were
reportedly used to make gentlemen's display cases for their oddities,
similar to museum cases today.

Fig. 13:72 illustrates profiles for French casement seals.  Some of these
bear a resemblance to the plane in Gary's link.

My thought was that a casemakersplane could be used to create a more
weather proof case for shipping fragile items between posts, but it looks
like most of these were used in pairs to create the matching profiles.  A
plane to make tighter window casings to deter Canadian winters may be more
likely.

Phil

On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Gary Roberts  wrote:

>
> So it may depend on what form early Canadian door casings look like?
> Forget the whole Gutta Percha angle for a moment and I wonder if there was
> ever any attempt to insert a canvas strip or something similar in door
> casings to cut drafts?
>
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