Davistown Museum Inventory of Tools Abiel F. Walker

Status Location
92001T3 Skew panel plane bio DTM
beech, brass and cast steel, 15 7/8" long, 1 3/4" wide blade, signed "AFW", blade signed "MOULSON BROTHERS
WARRANTED CAST STEEL".
Abiel F. Walker is the maker, the blade comes from England
101801T2 Tongue and groove planes (matched pair) bio DTM
Oak and brass, 11 7/16" long, signed "AFW".
These both have a brass lower plate instead of the characteristic iron plate of the factory made tongue and groove planes.
Historic Maritime IV (1840-1865): The Early Industrial Revolution
Planes not made in Maine
101801T3 Complex moulding plane bio DTM
Cast steel, 9 3/4" long, signed "J. T. Jones Philadelphia" with owner signature "AFW".
Pollak lists J. T. Jones as working in Philadelphia between 1831 and 1846.
101801T4 Moulding plane bio DTM
Cast steel with boxwood spline, 9 3/8" long, signed "Union Factory H. Chapin".
Pollak lists the H. Chapin, Union Factory dates as 1828 - 1860. It was one of the more prolific early factory period
101801T5 Remaining planes in Abiel Walker's toolkit bio DTM
Cast steel, .
Two more Union Factory planes, a quarter round moulding plane signed with "AFW", a small sash plane signed with "AFW",
and a number of undistinguished later moulding planes.

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