It is supposedly an old Stanley, but shouldent there be a handle to push it at ?
skibshøvl.jpg
It is supposedly an old Stanley, but shouldent there be a handle to push it at ?
skibshøvl.jpg
Best regards
Lasse Hilbrandt
http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan12.htm#num113
Guessing it is a 113 Compass plane, if so, yes it had a handle at one point, but I have seen several the handle was broken off.
Thanks, I felt that something was wrong with it. I bidding on it on a local auction site. I guess it will be difficult to find a spare handle, when the tend to brake.
Best regards
Lasse Hilbrandt
Lasse, i think i recognize this image from Tradera, hence i suppose you're a swede. I live in Stockholm and I actually have a good stanley 113 copy to spare, its a german make i cant remember the name of. I could sell it/trade it if you would be interested? Message me if you would like pictures, price and so on 😊
The problem with finding a handle for those is if the frog is snapped where the handle attaches, a new handle will do not good.
Here are a couple of posts of mine on the #113:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...75#post1230575
If that doesn't take you to the post on the #113, it is the #8 post in the thread.
Here is one on cleaning and tuning up a #113:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?148391
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
If you're in the market for a compass plane then you might want to look at the #20 instead. I have a c. 1900 #20 and enjoy using it, and I think that the curvature adjustment mechanism is much more sensible than the 113's.
Ironically the #20 is tote-less.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)