Figure 33. — Early 19TH century: The 

 bench plane illustrated in Roubo or 

 Moxon is seldom seen in American 

 tool collections. The bench planes, 

 smoothing planes, rabbets, and plows 

 universally resemble those shown in 

 this illustration from the pattern book 

 of the Castle Hill Works, Sheffield. 

 (Book 87, Cutler and Company, 

 Castle Hill Works, Sheffield. Courtesy 

 of the Victoria and Albert Museum.) 



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Figure 34. — About 1810: Lewis Miller working at his bench in York, Pa. In a predominantly Pennsyl- 

 vania-German settlement, the plane used by Miller conforms to the Sheffield type illustrated in the cata- 

 logue of the Castle Hill Works as shown in figure 33. (York County Historical Society, York, Pa.) 



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