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1 igurc 22. — Plow plane patented by Emanuel \V. Carpenter. Patent 594, February 6, li 



the insertion of rollers to help move the fence (the 

 purpose of the patent) mars their traditional shape. 

 Read the detailed specification submitted in 1860 by 

 Charles Fleming, and examine his patent drawing 

 (fig. 25) for a molding plane, the most prosaic of 

 woodworking tools. The patentee wrote; 



I, Charles Fleming, of the city of Ypsilanti, in Washtenaw, 

 county and State of Michigan, have invented a new and 

 useful Improvement on Tools for Making Quarter-Round 

 and Ogee Moldings, the board to be worked standing on 

 edge, which I call "Fleming's self-regulating quarter-round 

 and ogee molding tool;" and I do hereby declare that the 

 following is a full, clear, and exact description of the con- 

 struction and operation of the same, reference being had to 

 the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, 

 in which the figure represents a perspective of the quarter- 

 round tool as arranged and prepared for use. 



A represents the body of the quarter-round tool as com- 

 monly made. 



B, B represents the key holding the iron in place. 



C, C represents the iron-and E, the face gage. 



Parts so far described represent the common form of this 

 tool. 



D, represents a wood or metal gage placed upon the side 

 of the tool as seen in the figure, where it is attached and kept 

 in place by the screws S, S, S. 



In the ogee tool the same gage is applied in the same 

 inanner and with like effect. This gage can be applied with 

 perfect success to any ordinary ]a round or ogee tool. 



To use the tools, either 'i round or ogee, attach the gageD, 

 as seen in the drawings. Let the iron C, C, be so ground and 

 set in the tool that it shall cut a fair shaving at the face gage 

 E, and scarcely cut at all at the side F. Set the board on 

 edge in the vise of the workman, and apply the tool in the 

 ordinan.' way, and when the work is complete, the gage D, 



PAPER 48: UNITED STATES P.\TENTS- 

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