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Tool - Box plane, Stewart Spiers, mid-1900s

  • Small box plane, assembled, with metal plane and wooden knob handle

    Box plane on bench, from above at an angle

  • View shows the blade in place and the knob that presses and holds the blade in its position

    Object on its side on bench, from above

  • The plane is separated into the foot, the blade cap and the blade (or iron)

    Planes three parts from a high angle

  • The blade cap has a serrated-edged dial that presses onto the blade when inserted into the foot.

    Plane's parts on bench, from above

  • Small box plane, assembled, with metal plane and wooden knob handle
  • View shows the blade in place and the knob that presses and holds the blade in its position
  • The plane is separated into the foot, the blade cap and the blade (or iron)
  • The blade cap has a serrated-edged dial that presses onto the blade when inserted into the foot.

Historical information

This small metal plane was manufactured in 1909 by Spiers-Stewart, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Stewart Spiers began making planes in Ayr in around 1840. The business continued successfully as a small operation until the mid-1930s.

Significance

This plane is an example of tools made overseas and used in the 1900's.

Physical description

Box plane; hand operated small metal plane with round wooden knob. Plane has separate blade and blade cap. Inscription on blade cap is indecipherable. Originally marked as made by Spiers.

Inscriptions & markings

"SPIERS"

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