Phil

Yup. I've seen Canadian casement planes consisting of two large half
rounds side by side, the planes in pairs male and female, something sure
to ward off those nasty north winds.

Then there are, as you point out, the European versions for making air
tight cases of which I have one or two kicking around somewhere in the
basement. Little things for making joints for display cases for those
folks who have nothing better to do with their lives than collect stuff
like butterflies, bugs, old tools=85. oh, sorry.

Gary ............................... Gary Roberts http://toolemera.com

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Christopher Morley

On Aug 11, 2012, at 1:45 PM, Phil Schempf  wrote:

> 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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