On Monday, November 24, 2014, Phil Schempf  wrote:

> I saw this compass plane recently on that web auction site -
>
> https
://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74556726/CompassPlane1.jpg
> https
://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74556726/CompassPlane2.jpg
>
> but I didn't recognize the name (Bomborn?) -
>
> https
://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/74556726/CompassPlane3.jpg
>
> I did some searching, but came up empty.  Anyone know anything about this
> toolmaker?
>
>
Bernard Bomborn was the assignee of a couple of patents in Germany,  with
US patents assigned in 1909-10 and 1922 time frames.  Could be he owned the
machine shop.

But the German word for plane is Hobel, and I found a hit with Hobel near
Bomborn at several locations.  Just having trouble selecting text on the
iPad, so not getting the full meaning right.

Hopefully a push the right direction, Germany.

Kirk in HMB, ca




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Sent from my iPad, apologies for the Auto Correct errors.
Kirk