Gould Shaper, 1860
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
name: label: manufacturer
content: Gould, Ezra
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This shaper was built by Ezra Gould in his Newark, New Jersey shop, the shop later became Gould and Eberhardt, a major builder of machine tools. This shaper was used to machine flat surfaces in metal. On a shaper the cutting tool moves and the workpiece stays stationary. Conversely, in a planer the workpiece moves and the cutting tool stays stationary. This design difference allows for precise work on small pieces. This shaper could plane 6 inches long and 14 inches wide.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Machine Shop
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Norton Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.329218
label: catalog number
content: 329218
label: accession number
content: 280595
objectType: label: Object Name
content: metal shaper
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 51 1/2 in x 20 in x 33 in; 130.81 cm x 50.8 cm x 83.82 cm