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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 08:50:00 EST
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- From: HUNTRESS GARY B <HUNTRESS@NPT.NUSC.NAVY.MIL>
- Subject: Antique planes
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- Hi,
-
- Among my christmas gifts this year were two antique wooden planes.
- My brother (thanks Dave!) lives in rural New Hampshire and has
- apparently found quite a supply of old tools.
-
- The bigger plane is a 22" x 4" x 4" beauty with an interesting
- wooden wedge holding the cutter in place (it looks like the front
- of a fork thats missing the two center tines, if that makes any
- sense). The front of the plane has several small stamped
- markings, an arc at the top center "UNION FACTORY", "warranty";
- below that is "H. CHAPIN" and then a bunch stamped "Griswold".
-
- The second plane is, I think, a molding plane. The body is a 2x4
- on edge with a 5" wide adjustable base plate. There are forward
- and rear handles on each side and two adjusting screws on the top.
- The front of this plane also has markings: "P.H. MANCHESTER" and
- "R. LEE".
-
- Questions:
-
- 1) Was it customary for owners to stamp their name into their
- tools? Chapin, Manchester, and Lee certainly don't seem like
- model names to me ;-)
-
- 2) Has anyone ever heard of Union Factory planes? I'd like to get
- some background about the company, location, dates, etc. This
- plane is a beauty, there's hardly a mark on it.
-
-
- Thanks,
-
- Gary Huntress
-