A Plane for Turning Wood for Golf Club Handles and the like
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Sept., 1891-Accepted, 24th Oct.,
1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Plane for Turning Wood for Golf Club Handles and the like.
1, CHARLES SPINKS, Wood Turner of Pirrie Street, Leith, in the County of
Midlothian, Scotland, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
2 pieces of hard wood about 12 inches long by 3 inches broad by 2 inches thick
with hinge at one end & screw at other end having 2 hollow gun metal bushes in
centre with cutter iron.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Plane for Turning Wood for Golf Club Handles and the like.
I, CHARLES SPINKS, Wood Turner of Pirie Street, Leith, in the County of
Midlothian, Scotland, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :—
This invention which relates to a plane for turning wood for golf club handles and
the like, has for its object to construct the said plane in such a manner that it may be
readily and easily adjusted so as to turn the wood from the rough or square to the
taper or hollow taper, such as required for golf club handles; the wood being
held in a lathe between centres.
In carrying out my said invention as illustrated in end elevation Figure 1, side
elevation Figure 2, and part plan Figure 3 of the accompanying drawings, I con-
struct the plane in two pieces or parts A and B, both of which are preferably made
of hard wood and the said two parts are connected to each other at their one end
by means of the hinge C and at their other end by means of the adjusting screw D.
The one or under part B of the plane is screwed for the purpose of receiving the
Screw D, and the other or upper part A, is bored through to receive the upper
portion of the screw D, the bore of the said part A, being made larger than the
screwed bore of the part B so as to allow of the necessary clearance for the upper
part of the screw when the plane is opened out. Each of the said parts A. and B
is provided at about its centre (or thereabout) with the bush E, preferably of gun
metal or brass, the shape of the bush being such as is shewn more particularly in
Figure 3, the bushes being formed with the tapered opening e. Figure 2 shews
the two parts A B, together with the bush E, closed together. The one of the
parts, such as B, and its bush E, is provided with the opening F into which the
cutter iron G is placed.
The plane when in use is supported upon the length of wood that is to be turned
with the wood through the bushes. The operator guides the plane with the one
hand and with the other hand operates the screw D so as to adjust the cutting of
the plane iron G to the required depth of cut for forming the taper or hollow taper
required for golf club handles; the tapered opening of the bushes, such as is shewn
more particularly in Figure 3, receiving the rough or square of the wood as the
plane is guided along.
The one spindle of the lathe is preferably elongated so as to rest the plane
thereon when putting a fresh stick into the lathe or at other times as required.
I am aware of the planes already used by fishing rod makers but such planes will
only taper or hollow taper the wood when the wood has been previously rounded

page_text: whereas the plane as constructed in accordance with my said invention will round
and taper the wood at the same time; direct from the rough or square.
فرازا
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 déclare that what I
claim is :-
First The general arrangement and construction of the plane for turning the
wood of golf club handles and the like from the rough or square to the taper or
hollow taper substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accom-
panying drawings.
Second In combination with the two portions of the plane A. B connected by
the hinge C, the arrangement of the screw D substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described.
Third In planes for turning golf club handles and the like the construction of
the bushes E, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of September 1891
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, "Applicant's Agents.