Collection of carpenters planes by Charles Nurse & Co

Made:
1925 in London
Metal compass plane by Sargent & Co

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Metal compass plane by Sargent & Co
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Collection of carpenters planes by Charles Nurse & Co., London, SE17, England, 1925 or earlier.

Details

Category:
Hand and Machine Tools
Object Number:
1926-398
Materials:
steel (metal) and wood (unidentified)
type:
woodworking plane
credit:
Charles Nurse & Co. Ltd.

Parts

Beechwood bead plane or fillister moulding plane

Beechwood bead plane or fillister moulding plane

A bead plane or fillister plane , Cat No821 , made by Nurse and Company c1925.

Measurements:
15.5 x 24 x 3.5 cm
Materials:
steel (metal) and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1926-398/4
type:
plane -tool
A bead plane or fillister plane

A bead plane or fillister plane

A bead plane or fillister plane, 1/2" cut , Cat No822 , made by Nurse and Company c1925 with a screwed slip.

Measurements:
18 x 24 x 4 cm
Materials:
wood and steel (beech)
Object Number:
1926-398/5
type:
woodworking plane
Double dovetailed sash plane-fillister plane

Double dovetailed sash plane-fillister plane

A double dovetailed sash plane-fillister plane , Cat No 843 , made by Nurse and Company c1925.

Measurements:
16 x 26 x 25 cm
Materials:
wood and steel (beech)
Object Number:
1926-398/6
type:
woodworking plane
Old woman tooth plane, or grooving plane

Old woman tooth plane, or grooving plane

Old woman tooth plane, Cat No 904 , made by Nurse and Company c1925.

Measurements:
15 x 16.5 x 12 cm
Materials:
beech (wood) and steel (metal)
Object Number:
1926-398/7
type:
grooving plane
Steel compass plane, for wood-working

Steel compass plane, for wood-working

Steel wood-working compass plane, No. 76, by Sargent & Co., Newhaven, United States, 1925. Adjustment for the plane curve design first introduced in 1876. The hinged bars at the toe and heel are actuated by a large screw on the front of the stock, working through a system of levers and toothed segments so that both ends are regulated by the movement of one screw.

Measurements:
: 5.9055 x 10.4331 x 2.3622 in.; 150 x 265 x 60 mm
Materials:
steel
Object Number:
1926-398/8
type:
plane - tool