This hand tool would have been used either in the home for making small items of furniture or small building projects or it could have been used by a tradesman working on small jobs in the building industry – window sills, doors, cupboards etc. Planes are still used today to whittle down wood. This tool has no known local provenance but it is a good example of hand tools of the past and will be useful for display. This is a metal plane used for shaving wood. It has a rectangular base curved at the ends and the end of a steel blade is visible near one end of the base. The handle is dome-shaped and attached to the handle by a screw is a ridged metal wheel that rests on the blade which has been inserted on an angle. This wheel can be turned to adjust the blade, keep it in place or remove it for replacement. The plane is much rusted (it may have been painted black) and no manufacturer’s marks are visiblhousehold tools, wood plane

black and white photo; Lancewood House, home of late Ernest Mueller and family, interior of rooim in house, showing cupboards, shelves, chair, pictures on wall. Light fitting, many ornaments, wall papered walls. On bottom in pencil, V ( ? ) I 589.4buildings, fittings & materials, lancewood house

EIG School - Ralph Birrell Collection. - Construction of Latrobe Uni. C1966. Bendigo Institute of Technology, Engineering School, Applied Science. New cupboard with tool board mounted on the wall and tools placed in correct order. Machine front left corner of photo.Perutzeducation, tertiary, latrobe university bendigo, eig school - ralph birrell collection. - construction of latrobe uni. c1966. bendigo institute of technology, engineering school, applied science. new cupboard tool board mounted on wall tools correct order machine corner photo