Stanley Four-Square household jack plane.
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Stanley Four-Square household jack plane.
Also check the country of manufacture. My #49 and #50 are "Made in USA." Some of the ones made elsewhere are miserable. That said, I do like my two Aurious!
Condition, condition, condition. The 5 1/4C is fairly rare and would appeal to the collector market--as long as the cheeks are not cracked as Jim pointed out. The 603 could be a nice user and yes,...
Pete Taran has given you some good information. The type study in Walter's book is for the 9 1/2 "family," which includes the 9 1/2 plus your #15, the 16, 17, 18, 19 and others. It is long and...
Nice acquisition. I agree that it is a #15 and looks like a Type 10, 1894-1897. The blade has the correct logo for that time frame. But it is a standard angle block plane, not low angle. It is bedded...
Your #5 looks like a Type 19, 1948-1961. The rounded top of the iron indicates perhaps the second half of that period. Should be a good user for you. The other one--you won't be nearly as happy with...
I'm curious how you would use a cap iron with a bevel up cutting iron. May be a translation issue?
They look like Pinie planes made in Czech Republic.
One time I looked at a drawknife at tool swap meet for $10 and planned to buy it. When I told the seller I was going to use it on a chair I was making he said the price for someone planning to use it...
The Narex rep at AWFS last summer told me their manufacturing equipment leaves a minimum 1 mm flat on the side bevels, the same for both their dovetail and "classic" Narex bench chisels sold by Lee...
Dovetail chisels should have a very narrow side bevel to avoid dinging dovetail corners. The Narex dovetail chisel has a one millimeter flat on the sides. This is the same as their bench chisels so...
Stanley 45 and Record 405 cutters are interchangeable. The Record 044 is a different animal.
It is 9/32, not 5/16. Why not just get a replacement knob? Try Eric at NHplaneparts.
One caution: make sure the adjustable plate runs parallel to the sole. I saw one example of a Bench Dog block plane where the plate dropped down when the mouth was opened making it impossible to...
As far as I know, type studies are published for the #4 only. There are some variations on the #5 and other sizes such as those you point out.
Joe, I don't have a 3415 but do have a slightly wider 3416. I dropped in a blade/chip breaker from a same-width Stanley transitional # 27 and it fits and adjusts properly. There shouldn't be a...
It's unlikely that Ohio Tool used two different screw threads for the tote and knob. If the 12-20 is correct for the knob perhaps your tote boss is just excessively worn. I have heard of people using...
Quoted lengths generally don't include the tab under the back of the tote. Even so, the 407 is a bit longer than 7".
I agree, Bluegrass hammers are excellent.
The Bluegrass planes I have seen were made by Sargent.
I have and use a 71 1/2, which I prefer to the 71.
Michael, are those known as "ash holes"?
Made for Sears by Sargent. Their model # is 1080, I believe. The cutters have an extra notch relative to those for the Stanley 45 but they are available.
Sharp iron, thin shavings and plane downhill. That seems to work for me.
According to Roger K Smith's type study, the logo on the toe of your plane was only used from 1941 to 1943 when transitionals were dropped. Gluing on a scrap of beech to replace the broken horn on...
Yes. What do you have against corrugations?
I have the interchangeable type.