IMPROVEMENTS IN CHAMFER OR MOULDING PLANES
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Eli Wells, of East Grinstead, in the County of
Sussex, Carpenter, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CHAMFER OR
MOULDING PLANES.”
Sealed the 30th November 1877, and dated the 2nd June 1877.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Eli Wells at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd June 1877.
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GEORGE ELI WELLS, of East Grinstead, in the County of Sussex, Carpenter.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CHAMFER OR MOULDING PLANES."
The object of this Invention is the construction of a plane for working chamfers
or mouldings upon ornamental woodwork, and consists in providing a grooved.or
"formed" movable "face" to the "stock;" said movable face being made so as
to be capable of adjustment. at required angle to the horizontal. The class of
plane to which this is particularly applicable is that known as a "smoothing",
plane.
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The plane iron is wedged into the stock in substantially the ordinary manner,
but with the front. wedge capable of adjustment, vertically, by screw working.
through a metal faced slot in the side of the stock, and the lower end of the said
front wedge is faced with a steel plate.
The lower portion of the stock is grooved or "planed out," and at each end is
secured a metal plate having a segmental slot therein, said segmental slot being
struck concentric with the grooved lower portion of the stock.
The grooved or formed movable face is rounded on its upper side to a curvé
corresponding to the grooved lower portion of the stock, and a screw stud is passed
through the segmental slot of the plate at each end of the stock, and into the ends
of the movable face..
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The said movable face will thus work and be adjustable upon the said, screw
studs, passing through the segmental slots, and. will, be: capable of being fixed, by
turning the screws therein to the angle required.

page_text: The plane iron will be "set" to the metal plate of the adjustable front wedge
before described. For convenience of working, variously formed movable plates may
be provided.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed_by_
the said George Eli Wells in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 1st Decem-
ber 1877.
GEORGE ELI WELLS, of East Grinstead, in the County of Sussex, Carpenter.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CHAMFER OR MOULDING PLANES."
The object of my Invention is the construction of a plane for working chamfers
or mouldings upon ornamental woodwork, and is particularly applicable to that
class of planes known as "smothing planes." It consists in providing a grooved
formed", movable face, to the "stock," the said face being made so as to be
capable of adjustment at any required angle with the horizontal.
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And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood I shall now proceed'
more particularly to describe the same, reference being made to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, like letters of. reference indicating corresponding parts in all
the Figures.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved plane, and Figure 2 an end view.
of the same.
A represents the plane iron wedged into the stock B in substantially the ordinary
manner, but with the front wedge C capable of adjustment vertically by the screw
D, which is screwed into its side edge and works through a metal-faced slot E in the
side of the stock B, so that by tightening the head of the scrow D against the face
of the said slot the wedge C is secured in any desired position. The latter is faced
on its lower end with a steel plate F.
The lower side of the stock B is grooved or planed out longitudinally in a cir-
cular or curved form a, and to each end of the stock B is secured a metal plate G,
extending across the ends of the grooved portion a, and formed thereat with a
segmental slot H, which is struck concentric therewith.
Into the grooved portion a of the stock B is fitted a movable face piece I, rounded
on its upper side to a curve corresponding with the grooved portion a, and being
itself grooyed or "formed" longitudinally on its lower side of any required shape.
At each end of the movable face piece I is a stud or screw J passing through the
slot H in the metal plate G; its head being tightened against the said slot at any
required.angle.or-position of the movable-face piece. I. By this arrangement the
plane iron being "set" to_the_steel plate of the wedge C, the grooved or
'formed" movable face piece I can be shifted or adjusted upon the studs or screws
J, working in the slots H, to any required angle or position relatively with the
grooved-portion--of-the-stock-Band=retained thereat-by-tightening the heads of
the studs or screws_J_against the metal plates G.
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On one end (shewn in Fig. 2) of the stock B the stud or screw Jis provided
with a lever K projecting upwards, and formed with a slot b working over a screw
c in the metal plate G to allow the screw J to follow the curve of the slot H'
On the face of the lever K slides a slotted strip or bar d, which is secured to the
said lever by a set screw e in such a manner that upon shifting the position of the
movable face piece I the slotted strip or bar dis moved until its end is in contact

page_text: with the head of the screw c, where it is fixed by the set screw e. By this means
the slotted strip or bar & acts as a guage, so that when working an unequal chamfer
the movable face piece I can be turned over or reversed in the slots H at exactly
the same angle without the trouble of resetting or remeasuring, thus enabling the
workman to work close to the stop at each end.
The stock B and other parts of the plane may be made of iron, wood, or any
other desirable material.
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Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said In-
vention, and the manner in which the same, is or may be used or carried into effect,
I would observe in conclusion that what I claim as my Invention is, in
smoothing" or other chamfer or moulding planes, the combination and use of a
grooved or "formed" movable or adjustable face piece with the stock substantially
as and for the purposes herein-before described and illustrated by the accompanying
Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Eli Wells, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
GEORGE ELI WELLS. (L.S.)