Tag: Chamfer Planes

No. 515,659 – Stop And Chamfer Plane (Alfred A. Curry) (1894)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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ALFRED A. CURRY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

STOP AND CHAMFER PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 515,659, dated February 27, 1894.
Application filed February 4, 1893. Serial No. 461,006. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED A. CURRY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stop and Chamfer Planes; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to produce a chamfering and molding plane that will out a stop without change of position of the cutter by the same movement that the chamfer or molding is cut, thereby doing away with the necessity of using a chisel or other tool to out stops at the end of the molding or chamfer, or with the use of a tool held in a vertical position to scrape the surface of the molding or chamfer after it has been roughened out by a routing tool. It will be seen therefore that my novel tool performs the functions both of a router and a finishing tool, in addition to cutting both stops.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a perspective of my novel plane adjusted for use as a chamfer plane, the mouth piece being in section; Fig. 2 a section on the line y y in Fig. 3; Fig. 2a an inverted plan view of the forward end of my novel plane corresponding with Fig. 2; Fig. 3 a section on the line x x in Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 7 are elevations of different forms of mouth pieces; Figs. 5 and 8 elevations illustrating cutters corresponding therewith; Fig. 6 a section on the line z z in Fig. 4 the cutter also being shown in edge view 5 Fig. 9 a section on the line m m in Fig. 7 the corresponding cutter also appearing in section; Fig. 10 a view of a molding and stop made by the cutter illustrated in Fig. 5; Fig. 11 a view of a molding and stop made by the cutter illustrated in Fig. 8, and Fig. 12 is a view of still another form of molding and stop, the latter being made by the same cutter which cuts the molding, as in the other forms.

A denotes the body of the plane as a whole, and 2 denotes the handle. These parts may be of any ordinary or preferred construction adapted to this class of work. In the plane illustrated in the drawings 3 denotes the side plates, 4 the front plate, and 5 the incline of the cutter box or blade holder, and 6 and 7 are the angle plates which engage the sides of the piece of wood to be chamfered. Angle plate 7 is not as long as angle plate 6 and terminates in a horizontal plate 8, said plate being formed integral with depending holders 9, which receive rods 10, said rods carrying at their inner ends a side gage 11 the inner face of which corresponds with the inner incline of plate 7 and the top corresponding with the under side of the horizontal plate. The adjustment of the side gage determines the depth of the cut made by the cutter in forming the chainfer or molding.

12 denotes set screws which engage rods 10 to lock the side gage in position after adjustment.

13 denotes the cutter or blade, the cutting edge of which is of course shaped to correspond with the shape of the chamfer or molding it is desired to produce, a straight edge of course producing a straight chamfer and an inwardly or outwardly curved edge producing a corresponding curve in the piece of wood that is operated upon. The cutter is held in position by the usual lever 14 which has its fulcrum on a transverse pin 15 and is provided at its upper end with a set screw 16 which is adapted to bear against the upper end of the cutter and when turned downward upon the cutter raises the upper end of the lever thereby forcing the lower end of the lever down upon the lower end of the cutter and clamping it in place.

It will be seen from Figs. 2 and 2a that the cutter or blade is not used in the ordinary way, that is with the beveled side down. In my improved plane the cutter is used with the face side down the bevel being upon the upper side so that in use I cut away the wood that is to be removed instead of scraping it away. In use the cutter or blade rests upon the incline there being no open space whatever back of or under the cutter.

17 denotes the mouth piece which I have shown as provided with side lips 18 to engage the side plates 3 of the cutter box with a lug 19 on the top through which a set screw 20 passes, said set screw engaging the top of the front plate to adjust the mouth piece, and with a slot 21 through which a set screw 22 passes which engages the front plate to lock the mouth piece in position after adjustment. The essential feature of the mouth piece is that it is provided with an operative face 23 which in all cases corresponds exactly with the curvature of the cutting edge. If the cutting edge is a convex curve, as in Fig. 5 producing a concave curve in the molding as in Fig. 10, the operative face of the mouth piece is extended outward from the vertical plane of the body thereof as clearly shown in Fig. 6. If the cutting edge is a concave curve as in Fig. 8 producing a convex curve in the molding as in Fig. 11, the operative face of the mouth piece extends inward from the vertical plane of the body thereof as clearly shown in Fig. 9.

By making the cutter box part of the body, i. e., stationary, and dispensing entirely with a front gage using a side gage in lieu thereof, I insure that the plane in use shall wear evenly from front to back. Where a front gage is used the wear is at the back of the plane which greatly shortens its life. The cutter when once adjusted does not require to be shifted in changing from one kind of work to another, the thickness of the shaving in all kinds of work being regulated by the adjustment of the mouth piece.

In use the operator selects the proper cutter to produce the molding or chamfer required, and having placed it in position with the face side down and the bevel up and locked it there, he adjusts the mouth piece to cut as thick a shaving as the quality or hardness of the wood will warrant. In case the molding is very small or the chamfer shal-
low it will be necessary to set the side gage inward. To cut a stop and a chamfer or molding the operator simply places the cutting edge at the point in the piece of wood to be operated upon where the stop is to commence and presses firmly downward and forward taking care to stop the tool before the end of the chamfer or molding is reached. He then repeats the operation from the other end, these two operations serving as a matter of fact to complete perfectly both stops and the chamfer or molding.

The side gage is to be used with a knife having either a straight cutting edge or an edge of any desired configuration. It is not necessary that the chamber should be perfectly symmetrical on each side of its center as it may be of a variety of forms and these may be secured by using a knife having a curved cutting edge and by adjusting the side gage more or less inwardly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim —

1. A chamfer plane comprising the body formed of the angle plates 6, 7, the inclined plate 5 with the side plates 3, 3, rigidly connected thereto the cross or front plate 4 connecting the side plates and constituting with them the box, the cutter arranged in said box and projecting under the front plate 4 and the vertically adjustable mouth piece carried by the said front plate 4, substantially as described.

2. In combination, the body comprising the angle plates 6, 7 with the incline 5 and the side plates 3, the cross or front plates 4 between the front ends of the side plates and constituting therewith the box of the plane, the knife arranged in the box, and the mouth plate secured adjustably to the front side of the box and having lips extending around the front corners of the box, substantially as described.

3. In combination in a chamfer plane, the angle plates 6 and 7 rigidly connected together forming a solid body portion, the knife adjustably carried by the said solid body part, one of said angle plates having a recess in its inner face, the adjustable side gage adapted to said recess to present a flush surface with the face of the recessed angle plate and movable transversely across the angular space, and the means for adjusting and holding said side gage, substantially as described.

4. In combination the angle plates 6 and 7, the knife having its front cutting edge extending to the front end of the angle plates, and the mouth plate also arranged at the front end of the angle plates above the cutting edge, said mouth plate consisting of a flat piece arranged vertically being adjustable vertically of the front end of the plane said angle plates constituting the gage frame and being free from projecting portions forward of the cutting edge, substantially as described.

5. A chamfer plane comprising the body formed of the angle plates, the side plates and the inclined plate rigidly connected thereto, the cross or front plate 4 constituting with them the box, the cutter arranged within said box projecting under the front plate and having a cutting edge adapted to form a rib or depression and the mouth piece carried by the front plate it and having a projection at its lower end extending substantially at right angles to the body of the mouth piece and conforming to the cutting edge, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED A. CURRY.

Witnesses:
A. M. WOOSTER,
P. M. REYNOLDS.

No. 317,092 – Plane (George A. Clifford) (1885)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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GEORGE A. CLIFFORD, OF PEABODY, MASSACHUSETTS.

PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,092, dated May 5, 1885.
Application filed September 2, 1884. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. CLIFFORD, of Peabody, in the county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Planes, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which —

Figure 1 is an isometrical perspective view of my improved plane; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section of the same; Fig. 3, a vertical transverse section; Fig. 4, a bottom plan view; Fig. 5, a front elevation of the iron and its stock detached from the body; Fig. 6, a vertical longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 7 a vertical transverse section of the stock with the iron removed.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to the class of planes known as “chamfer-planes;” and it consists in a novel construction and arrangements of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, by which a more effective device of this character is produced than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation, its extreme simplicity rendering an elaborate description unnecessary.

In the drawings, A represents the body, B the stock, and C D the irons. The body is provided on its under side with a longitudinal V-shaped equilateral groove, E, running its entire length, and adapted to fit over or receive the corner or edge of the article to be chamfered or beveled. An inclined mortise, H, for receiving the stock, is formed in the body, and at the rear of this mortise, on either side, there is disposed a slide or rest, x, against which the stock presses. The stock B is rectangular in shape, and is provided on either side with a longitudinal dovetail groove, m. Each of its ends is inclined, as shown at f, one of them being rounded, as seen at i, and the other squared, as shown at v. The stock is provided with two irons, C D, disposed in a chamber or recess, J, which is cut in its face, as best seen in Figs. 1 and 6. The iron D is rounded on its cutting-edge to correspond with the rounded end i of the stock B, the iron C being squared on its cutting-edge to correspond with the square end v of said stock. A mouth, z, opens outwardly from the chamber J through either end of the stock B, the irons C D respectively protruding through these mouths and being adjustably secured to the stock by the screw-bolts K.

Passing through either side of the body A, opposite the mortise H, there is a bolt, r, provided at its inner end with a square head, t, adapted to fit the dovetail groove m in the stock B, the outer end of said bolt being screw-threaded and respectively provided with nuts N.

In the use of my improvement the stock B is inserted in the mortise H, with the heads t of the bolts r in the grooves m, where it may be secured in any desired position by turning in the nuts N. The lower iron or iron to be used is then properly adjusted and secured by its bolt K, the upper or idle iron being withdrawn into the chamber J, and also secured by its bolt K.

It will be obvious that by reversing the stock B either iron may be brought into use, and also that irons having any desired shape of cutting edge or edges conforming to the style of work to be done may be employed.

I do not confine myself to securing the stock in the body A by means of the bolts r and nuts N, as any other suitable means may be employed for this purpose.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is —

1. A bench-plane consisting of a body and an endwise-reversible stock carrying cutters, said stock being rounded at one end and square at the other end, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a bench-plane, of a body, a stock adjustable therein provided with T-shaped grooves, and set-screws which pass through the sides of said body and take into nuts within said grooves, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a bench-plane, of a body, a stock adjustable therein provided with T-shaped grooves, said stock being provided with clamping-bolts for securing the irons adjustably therein, and set-screws which pass through the sides of said body and take into nuts within said grooves, substantially as described.

GEORGE A. CLIFFORD.

Witnesses:
L. C. BRIGGS,
C. A. SHAW.

No. 314,338 – Chamfer-Plane (James Mander) (1885)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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JAMES MANDER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,
ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO MAURICE R. DILLIN, OF SAME PLACE.

CHAMFER-PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,338, dated March 24, 1885.
Application filed December 18, 1884. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MANDER, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chamfer-Planes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in planes to be used to chamfer the right-angled edge of a board or strip and form the beveled ends of the chamfer in the manner heretofore accomplished by hand with the chisel, drawing-knife, and level-faced bench-plane.

The invention consists of a bench-plane whose face or working-surface is rabbeted from nearly the edges of its sides to a point within and central with the body of the plane, the lines of the rabbet intersecting each other at an angle of ninety degrees, so that when the chamfered edge of the board is brought to the required depth, as may be regulated by the adjustable face, the sides of said rabbet rest equally and firmly upon the edge and face of the board. The main element of the invention, however, consists of an adjustable sliding face in connection with the rabbeted face of the plane, which is situated in front of the cutting-bit and its retaining-wedge. Said face is also wedged-shaped, and extends down from above the upper surface through the body of the plane and projects within the rabbeted surface any distance desired, and held firmly in position by set-screws that are adjustable in the opposing sides of the plane.

In the accompanying drawings, which make a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved plane. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4 is a view of the working-face of the plane. Figs. 5 and 6 are side and face views of the adjustable sliding wedge-face D. Fig. 7 is an isometrical view of a portion of a strip chamfered on one corner.

Like letters of reference in all the figures indicate the same parts.

A is the plane-stock; B, the cutting-bit; C, the wedge which retains said bit in position. D is the adjustable sliding face, situated in front of the wedge C and extending from the upper surface down through the body of the plane. It is capable of being adjusted in its altitudinal position by means of the set-screws E E, the ends of which pass into it, the stems of said screws sliding in the slots b b in the sides of the stock.

The mode of operation is as follows: The bit B and its retaining-wedge C are placed in the stock A in the usual manner, the face D having been previously adjusted, with its lower end extending down into the angled rabbeted sides of the stock the required distance below which it is desired to cut the chamfer. The plane is then manipulated in the customary manner, with one side of the angled face upon the edge and the other upon the surface of the board, nearly the required length of the charnfer, cutting the end bevel, c, during its progress, when it is reversed and worked (left-handed) to cut the other end bevel, c’, and the remaining portion of the chamfer down to its level. The working-surface of the adjustable face D extends back only to the front of the cutting-edge of the bit B, with sufficient room between it and the bit for the upward passage of the shaving to the throat of the plane. The face of the stock being rabbeted its entire length presents no obstacle to the bit acting as a chisel or similar tool, thereby cutting the beveled end of the chamfer.

In lieu of a flat chamfer, the corner of the board may be beaded, reeded, fluted, or given any desired configuration by a corresponding change in the face of the adjustable stop and in the cutting-edge of the bit.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my improved plane, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is —

1. The adjustable face D, in combination with the rabbeted faced stock A, said face D being cofined within the body of the stock A by means of the set-screws E E, which pass through the sides of the stock to engage the face D, whereby said face D may be raised or lowered to suit the depth of chamfer required, substantially as described.

2. The stock A, which forms the stop or depth of chamfer, rabbeted throughout its length from a central point at an angle of ninety degrees each way to its sides, in combination with the adjustable face D, which is secured in the stock and made adjustable therein by means of the screws E E and cutting-bit B, thus leaving the back of the bit free to act as a chisel for cutting the beveled end of the chamfer.

JAMES MANDER.

Witnesses:
THOMAS J. BEWLEY,
FRANK CRAVEN.

No. 310,349 – Chamfering-Plane (Richard Vanwike Wicks) (1885)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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RICHARD VANWIKE WICKS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CHAMFERING-PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,349, dated January 6, 1885.
Application filed April 29, 1884. (Model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD VANWIKE WICKS, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Chamfering and other Planes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has for its object the production of a plane to be used by carpenters and others for making “stop” chamfers, rule-joint and other moldings — that is, chamfers or moldings which are required to stop short of the whole length of the work or piece of wood to be dressed — as, for instance, when required to form a square base on the end of a frame or other piece of timber. To do this kind of stop-work, planes of special construction for cutting stop-chamfers have before been designed and used; but they essentially differ from the plane hereinafter described, and it generally has been and still is customary to cut away with the chisel the wood at a distance from where the chamfer or molding is required to be stopped, and then to work an ordinary chamfering or molding plane up to such cut portion, and afterward to dress or finish with the chisel, sandpaper, or otherwise. This is not only tedious, but expensive, on account of the labor involved, especially where a large amount of such work has to be done. My improved plane effectually accomplishes the work, without any such chiseling or cutting away, by the simple or direct act of running or passing the plane over the work. The invention coniprises a peculiarly-constructed stock having an enlarged oblique opening down through it for the introduction of a guide corresponding with the shape of the chamfer or molding, and the cutter also having a longitudinal groove in its base corresponding in transverse section with the angular edge of the wood before the chamfering or molding guide and cutter are passed over it, and which groove is of a depth in rear of the cutter to receive the part not designed to be dressed by the cutter up within it. It likewise comprises various details of construction for separately adjusting the guide and cutter, for clamping or holding and releasing the knife or cutter, and for otherwise providing for the general and special action ofthe tool, substantially as hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section on the line x x in Fig. 2 of a plane embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same; Fig. 3, a transverse section on the line y y in Fig. 1, looking in direction of the arrow in; Fig. 4, a section on the irregular line z z in Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 a section on the line in 2: in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a face view of a knife or cutter for making a stop rule-joint form of molding instead of a plain or flat chamfer, as provided for by the cutter and guide shown more particularly in Figs. 1 and 3; Fig. 7, a face view of a guide-plate adapted to the rule-joint cutter, and Fig. 8 a longitudinal view of a piece of rule-joint work as produced by the use in the tool of the cutter and guide shown in Figs. 6 and 7.

A indicates the stock of the plane, made either of iron or wood, but preferably metal, with an enlarged oblique opening, b, up through it, inclining forwardly in a downward direction. The base of said stock is constructed to form or leave an enlarged angular (preferably right-angular) recess or groove, c, centrally up within it throughout its length, the same corresponding in transverse section with the angular adjacent longitudinal marginal portions of the piece of wood to be chamfered or molded before said portions are so reduced or fashioned.

B is a guide or shoe adjustable up and down within the oblique opening b in the stock, and which may be directed in its movement by correspondingly inclined or oblique ribs d d, working in grooves e e in the side walls of the opening b. The lower face of this guide or shoe is flat or straight and parallel with the lower side margins of the stock, and is dovetailed, as at f f, to receive within and along it a face piece or plate, g, shaped on its under surface to accord with the configuration of the chamfer or rnolding to be made. In Figs. 1 and 3 it is represented as flat on its face, and the knife or cutter C, which is arranged in the rear of it, is straight on its cutting-edge to correspond, for the purpose of making a flat or plain stop-chamfer on the adjacent marginal longitudinal portions of the piece of wood to be worked, while in Figs. 6 and 7 the under surface of the face-piece g and the acting edge of the cutter C are shaped to produce a stop rule-joint molding, h, (see Fig. 8,) on the wood D to be worked. Other shaped moldings will require different guiding face plates or pieces and cutters. When attached, the face-piece g becomes a portion of the guide B, and it may be held from moving by a set-screw, i. By making it removable, however, as likewise the cutter, which is also carried by said guide, the same guide or shoe B may be used in connection with different face pieces or plates and cutters, according to the shape of molding required. The knife or cutter C is passed down within the guide B against its inclined back, which should be cut away below, as at k, so as not to interfere with or project down into the longitudinal groove b in the bottom of the stock. The cutting edge of the knife, when the latter is adjusted for work, projects any desired distance below the under surface of the guiding-plate g, according to the thickness of the shaving to be made, and stands at some little distance in rear of said face-plate, leaving a sight-aperture and shaving-clearance, l, between said plate and cutter. The whole guide or shoe B is adjusted up or down, according to the width of the chamfer or molding to be made, by means of a screw, E, fitted to turn within and through a box-like projection, m, on the back of the guide; but it has no longitudinal movement therethrough, being restrained by cross-pins n n or otherwise, and it screws at its lower end portion within or through the part r of the stock, and may be steadied below by a side set-screw, s, Fig. 5. The upper end of said screw is fitted with a knob or head, a’, which bears down on a knob or head, b’, of a second screw, G, made hollow and receiving the shank of the screw E through it. This second screw, G, works through a nut, c’, which has connected with it, by side pin or pins and slot or slots, s’, a yoke, d’, pivoted, as e’, to the box-like projection m on the guide B, and fitting at its outer end in any one of a series of holes, f’, in the cutter, whereby on turning the screw G by its head b’ the cutter maybe raised or lowered to especiaily adjust its amount of cut. Its general adjustment, as wear may require, is provided for by changing the fit of the yoke d’ from one of the holes f’ to another. The concentric arrangement of the two screws E and G the one within and through the other is very compact and convenient for separately adjusting the guide or slice B and the cutter C, carried by said guide. The cutter C is held to its place on the back of the guide B and in engagement with the adjusting device or yoke d’ with facility for disengagement and removal, when required, by means of a front plate or arm. H, in slotted pivoted side connection at g’ g’ with the guide or shoe B, and a locking arm or eccentric, I, pivoted at h’ on the upper end of said arm, and having its handle h2 arranged to shut down out of the way, said cam bearing, when closed, against a flexible strip or spring, i’, attached at its one end to the arm H and lying at its other end on the cutter. On the front top portion of the stock A is a handle, J, for one hand of the workman to hold, while his other takes hold of the back portion of the plane to guide and work the tool.

In using the plane to make a stop-chamfer or stop rule-joint or other stop molding, the cut is made direct from where the chamfer or molding, as at l’, Fig. 8, stops on the wood, the plane being pressed and held thereon with the sides of its longitudinal base groove c resting on or against the two adjacent longitudinal marginal portions of the piece of wood, and the cutter C, by the manipulation of the plane, made to enter the wood at l’, or where the chamfer or molding is designed to stop, the clearance-aperture l in front of the cutter enabling the operator to see the exact place at which he should start. The plane is then worked forward away from such starting-point, and the operation repeated till the wood has been sufliciently reduced to make the necessary chamfer or molding, the operator always starting from the same place and pressing down on the plane, which receives within the angular groove c of its base, in rear of the cutter, the correspondingly-shaped base or stopped part of the work, which groove provides for the starting of the chamfering or molding at any point in the length of the strip or piece of wood, and for making a stop charnfer or molding without any chiseling or other cutting than that done by the plane in making the chamfer or molding.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is —

1. The combination, with the stock A, having an oblique opening, b, up through it, and a longitudinal angular recess or groove, c, in its base, shaped to conform to the adjacent longitudinal marginal portions of the wood to be worked, of the guide and cutter-holder B, having a lower face-piece made to conform to the shape of the chamfer or molding to be produced, and adjustable along with the cutter, of like shape on its cutting-edge, down through said oblique opening and into the longitudinal angular groove c, which it crosses, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The removable guiding face piece or plate f, in combination with the adjustable guide or shoe B and the separately-adjustable cutter C, carried by said guide or shoe, essentially as shown and described.

3. The screws E and G, arranged to pass longitudinally one through the other, in combination with the stock A, the guide or shoe B, and the cutter C, for separate and collective adjustment of said guide or shoe and cutter, substantially as specified.

RICHARD VANWIKE WICKS.

Witnesses:
A. GREGORY,
C. SEDGWICK.

No. 273,073 – Spokeshave (Andre S. Haynes) (1883)

[paiddownloads id=”330″]273073

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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ANDRE S. HAYNES, OF ROME, NEW YORK.

SPOKESHAVE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,073, dated February 27, 1883.
Application filed August 15, 1882. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDRE S. HAYNES, of Rome, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combined Spokeshave and Chamfering-Tool, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of the application of bevel gage-stops to a spokeshave in a manner to serve for gaging the spokeshave suitably for chamfering the corners of the work, the said stops being laterally and angularly adjustable for setting them to stop the shave at any required point, according to the amount and angle it is desired to chamfer the work, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved tool. Fig. 2 is partly a side elevation and partly a section on the line x x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line y y of Fig. 1.

I plane the under side of the stock a each side of the socket c for the plane d in a straight line with the face c, where the plane-bit f projects, and apply thereto the bevel gage-stops g, making them adjustable toward and from each other by bolting them on through slots h by thumb-screws i. The said gage-stops are notched at j to enable them to shift along the projecting plane-bit to set them as close together as the amount it is desired to chamfer the work may demand. The shanks k have bits or studsl at the outer ends, to bear in the grooves in of the spokeshave-stock a, to guard against lateral divergence of the stops by the friction on the work.

The gage-stops may be constructed on angles of forty-five degrees to the plane-bit, as for square work; but they will serve for work of other shapes, for it is not necessary that the faces bear fair upon the sides of the work. If the angle of the work is larger than the angle of the gages, they will bear at the lower edges, and if the said angle be smaller, they will bear at the upper edges.

If desired, different sets of stops may be constructed on different angles for special shapes of work. This arrangement of interchangeable stops with fixed heads or faces g is represented at the right-hand side of Fig. 2; but I make the stop-faces g angularly adjustable by pivoting them to the shank k, as at the left-hand side of Fig. 2, thereby permitting them to be used at one or both sides, and to be adjustable to any angle for chamfering more to one side or face of the work than the other, as will readily be understood.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent —

1. The combination of bevel gage-stops g with a spokeshave, said stops being adjustable toward and from each other and arranged to act on the opposite sides of the work to gage and stop the cutter on the angle, substantially as described.

2. The gage-stops g, having notch j, arranged with relation to the plane-bit f and said stops being adjustable along said plane-bit, substantially as described.

3. The adjustable gage-stops g, having guide studs l, in combination with the grooved stock a and plane-bit f, substantially as described.

4. The combination of bevel gage-stops g, adjustable toward and from each other with relation to the plane-bit f, and pivoted to their shanks k, to be angularly adjustable to the faces of the work, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

ANDRE S. HAYNES.

Witnesses:
P. R. HUGGINS,
A. O. HICKS.

No. 272,274 – Stop Chamfer Plane (Joseph Lee) (1883)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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JOSEPH LEE, OF GARNERVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO RICHARD FISHWICK, OF SAME PLACE.

STOP CHAMFER PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,274, dated February 13, 1883.
Application filed August 12, 1882. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH LEE, of Garnerville, in the county of Rockland and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Stop Charnfer Plane, of which the following is a full clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the cutting of chamfers of all kinds on the edges of posts, boards, &c.

The invention consists in a stop chamfer plane formed of two parallel bevel-guides united by adjustable cross rods, and carrying a cutting-blade which can be locked in position by a binding-screw.

The invention also consists in a transverse gage for facilitating the adjustment of the implement.

The invention also consists in the construction of details and in the combinations of parts, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved stop chamfer plane. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same.

The plane is composed of two beveled guides, A and B, which are parallel lengthwise, but have their sides inclined toward each other at right angles. The guide A is provided with two upwardly-projecting lugs, C, terminating in eyes D, united by a curved handle-piece, E. The eyes D are provided with binding-screws F. The beveled guide B is provided with upwardly-projecting lugs terminating in eyes D’, provided with binding-screws F’. Two cross-rods, G, each provided near one end with a V shaped bend, are passed through the eyes D D’, and can be locked in the desired position in the same by means of the screws F F’. A graduated transverse arm or gage, H, projects from the upper edge of the guide A, and passes through an eye or loop, J, on the upper edge of the bevel-guide B. The guides A and B are provided with triangular ridges or projections K K’ on the upper edges, the under edges of these ridges projecting downward from the rear toward the front of the plane. The triangular projection K’ has a wide upper edge, and the edge of the projection K is very narrow. The cutting-blade L is placed on the ridges K K’, and is provided along one edge with a groove, M, adapted to receive the upper edge of the ridge K on the guide A. A binding-screw, N, held on the upper end of an inclined lug, O, above the inclined ridge K’, binds and holds the cutting-blade L on the ridges K K’. The guide B is provided at its rear end with a handle, P, of the usual construction. The cutting-edge of the blade L passes into notches a in the upper edges of the guides A and B. According to the desired width of the chamfer, the guides A and B are adjusted a greater or less distance from each other, the said adjustment being facilitated by the gage H, and then the blade L is held in place by means of the binding-screw N. The inner surfaces of the guides A and B rest against the sides of the board or post to be chamfered. Plain or molded or beaded chamfers can be cut, a cutting-blade with a corresponding cutting-edge being held in the implement for the desired charnfer. Chamfers running the whole length of the edge of the board, or stop-chamfers, which stop a greater or less distance from the ends of the board or post, can be cut by means of the above described implement. The handle piece E greatly facilitates adjusting the instrument. In operating the instrument one hand holds the handle P and the other is rested on the handle E.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent —

1. A stop chamfer plane having two parallel and relatively-adjustable bevel-guides with sides inclined at a right angle to each other, in combination with mechanism for holding said guides in their relative positions, as shown and described.

2. The combination of the guides A B, provided with upwardly-projecting lugs carrying eyes D D’, the curved piece E, connecting eyes D and the binding-screws F F’, with the two cross-rods G G, having V-shaped bends, passing through said eyes, and adapted to be locked in any desired position, as described.

3. The combination, with the adjustable guides A B, of the gage H, projected from the upper edge of guide A, and passing through a loop. J, of the guide B, as shown and described.

4. The combination, with the guides A B, having notches a in their upper edges, the triangular ridges K K’, and the inclined lug O, of a cutting-blade, L, having edge-groove M and binding-screw N, as and for the purpose specified.

JOSEPH LEE.

Witnesses:
WILLIAM MAYBURY,
WM. P. BANIGAN.

No. 271,219 – Bench-Plane (John Campbell) (1883)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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JOHN CAMPBELL, OF WALDEN, NEW YORK.

BENCH-PLANE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,219, dated January 30, 1883.
Application filed August 9, 1882. (No model.)

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CAMPBELL, of Sheffield, England, and a resident of Walden, in the town of Montgomery, in the county of Orange and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to planes, the object being to provide a plane adapted for use either as a chamfer or smoothing plane, of such construction as to be readily adjusted.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a view of the parts detached.

A represents the stock of the plane, consisting of the sole a and sides a’ a’. The sole is provided at its forward end with a slot, B, and beveled seat b for the point of the bit. The bit or plane-iron C is adapted to project under a rod, c, set into the sides of the stock, and to rest on a beveled bed or rest, D. A wedge, E, is then forced under the rod c, and is held in place by a screw, e, provided with a disk or head, e’, which bears against the upper end of the bit. The upper end of the wedge E is rounded and curved to form a bearing, e2, for the hand or fingers, and is provided with a central screw-threaded perforation, e3, adapted to receive the screw e. This wedge E is also provided with upwardly-projecting side ears, d, which latter are centrally grooved for the purpose of preventing the wedge from rising up when secured in place. When the wedge is unscrewed, the bit is firmly clamped, while by turning the screw into the perforation of the wedge the bit is loosened and may be removed.

The sole a of the stock is provided with a second slot, F, just in rear of the rest D, while a rod, G, is secured between the sides in rear of the slot F, and two projecting beveled rests, H, are provided adjacent to the rod. Thus it will be seen that the bit may be secured at the forward end of the stock to form a chamfer-plane, or at the center to form a smoothing-plane.

The parts are simple in construction, easily manipulated, and adapted to be durable and efficient in use.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is —

The combination, with the stock provided with two transverse slots, one of which latter is situated near the extreme front end thereof, the beveled rests D and H, and the transverse rods c and G, of the removable bit, the wedge E, having the slotted, side ears, d, and the fastening-screw, all of the above parts combined and adapted for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:
W. G. RUTHERFORD,
W. C. STEVENS.