Leonard Bailey (May 8, 1825 in
Hollis, New Hampshire
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– February 5, 1905 in
New York City
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) was a
toolmaker
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cabinet maker
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from
Massachusetts
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, United States, who in the mid-to-late nineteenth century patented several features of
woodworking
Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinet making (cabinetry and furniture), wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning.
History
Along with stone, clay and animal parts, wood was one of the first mate ...
equipment. Most prominent of those patents were the
planes manufactured by the Stanley Rule & Level Co. (now
Stanley Black & Decker) of
New Britain, Connecticut.
Commonly known as Stanley/Bailey planes, these planes were prized by woodworkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and remain popular among today's wood craftsman. A type study of his patented planes and the rest of the Stanley line may be found at Patrick Leach's "Blood and Gore".
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Bailey's design ideas are still utilized by Stanley and other plane manufacturers to this day.
References
1825 births
1905 deaths
People from Hollis, New Hampshire
19th-century American inventors
Inventors from New Hampshire
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