TONGUING PLANE

1926 - 1938
Overview

Body of the plane is a basic rectangular shape, flat one side while the other is stepped about a third from the top. It has a tapering rectangular slot from top to bottom to accommodate the blade and wedge while on the shorter side section has an open groove to eject the shavings.
The bottom edge has a relieved portion with a ridge of material running parallel to the side.
Makers name and TM stamped on one end and ¼.A tonguing plane cuts both the tongue and groove.

Historical information

Tools used by Charles Duncan in his Blacksmith and Wheelright shop. The shop was called Duncan & McNamee and was located on the corner of Jull Street and Third Road. It was open from 1926-1938.
A. Mathieson & Sons were a Scottish tool company. Generations of the family were involved within the business. Advertising included the creation of planes and edge tools. It entered liquidation in 1952.

A tonguing plane cuts both the tongue and groove.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-33-AK1993.90A
Material
Width
243 mm
Height or length
86 mm
Depth
30 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Text [A. MATHIESON & SONS / TM / GLASGOW]

Place made
Glasgow
Scotland
United Kingdom
Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection that represents the commercial history of the City of Armadale. It represents the many different businesses that have operated in the local area and how those businesses have evolved over time. Businesses play an important role within a community, they provide wanted and needed goods and services, employment, income and opportunities to the local community. They can also operate as important social connectors, places where people gathered and engaged with other members of the community.

Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
City of Armadale - History House

City of Armadale - History House

Organisation Details
View Collection
Item Feedback

Reverse side of wooden tonguing plane with blade and wooden wedge inserted at the top and a notch showing the blade depth at the bottom
Boy scouts lining up on road outside wooden building. Sign on top of building with D. J. Davidson printed across the top

Scan this QR code to open this page on your phone ->