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SCARCE MCCAULEY PATENT CORE BOX PLANE - $75 (Ravensdale)
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JOHN MCCAULEY FROM SPRINGFIELD, OHIO WAS GRANED PATENT NO. 751, 671 ON FEB 9, 1904 FOR A CORE BOX PLANE. HE ASSIGNED ONE-HALF OF THE PATENT TO WILLIAM BAYLEY, WHO WOULD MANUFACTURE THE PLANE.
THE PATENT PROVIDED FOR SEVERAL UNIQUE ADVANCEMENTS WHICH RESULTED IN A CORE BOX WITH AN ACCURATE CYLINDRICAL CUT. THE DESIGN MECHANISM ALLOWED FOR A FORWARD AND BACKWARD ROCKING MOTION OF THE HANDLE WHICH TRANSMITED BY MEANS OF THE PAWL, RATCHET, AND GEAR TO A ROTATING MOVEMENT TO THE CENTRAL SHAFT TO WHICH THE CUTTER IS ATTACHED. WITH EACH FORWARD STROKE OF THE HANDLE, THE CUTTER AUTOMATICALLY ADVANCES A FRACTION IN A LATERAL ARC, INCREMENTALLY SHAPING THE PATTERN CORE.
SOME OF THESE PLANES ARE MARKED “WM BAYLEY SPRINGFIELD, O” IN CAST LETTERS. OTHER HAVE ‘G.I.C’. CAST IN THE FENCE—STANDING FOR GRAY IRON CASTING CO—OWNED BY WILLIAM BAYLEY.
RECORDS INDICATE ONLY C. 5000 OF THESE PLANES WERE MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO BEING DISCONTINUED IN 1906.
THIS EXAMPLE IS IN GREAT SHAPE, HAVING ALL OF ITS ORIGINAL PARTS INCLUDING ORIGINAL BLADE.
ROGER SMITH FEATURES THIS PLANE ON PAGE 215 OF PATENTED TRANSITIONAL & METALLIC PLANE IN AMERICA VOL 1.
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WILL SHIP FOR ACTUAL COST