Object number
69/130
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Description
A router plane with a wooden stock and steel blade, used to clean the bottom of wide grooves. The blade is marked with the name of the manufacturer, 'Spear & Jackson', and the stock is marked 'W. Newton' in six places. The plane is part of a set of cabinet maker's tools, many of which are marked 'W. Newton', suggesting this may have been the name of the cabinet maker from whom the donor acquired the set.
Physical description
1 router plane; wood and metal [steel]; good condition: chip on bottom
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – ‘PLANE (Router) // 69/130 // CRAFTS Wood // ... // Wood // Steel // [pencil drawing] // Blade marked: SPEAR & JACKSON // Marked: W. NEWTON (6) // Twice superimposed on unreadable name'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9685.tif - High resolution image
