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BELLY KNIFE [1 record]

Record 1 1987-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Barrel and Cask Making
  • Hand Tools
DEF

Drawing Knife ... [fitted with a] ... blade ... bent in a shallow hollowing curve. It is made in sizes up to about 12 in long and 2 l/4 in wide. Used to trim and give a slight concavity to the inside of the staves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tonnellerie
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Plane utilisée par le tonnelier et dont la lame incurvée permet de réaliser la forme concave des douves.

CONT

Chaque douve est fixée sur un banc qui est en acier (...) Avec une plane à lame convexe, la "plane creuse", Joe évidait ce qui devait être la face interne de la douve.

Spanish

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