Question on Stanley WWII-era bench planes

3/7/04, 2:14 PM #1

Eric from Little Rhody
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Question on Stanley WWII-era bench planes

Eric from Little Rhody

>I've acquired a decent set of user Stanley WWII-era bench planes over the last few years (I just like the WWII-era planes for some reason), and I've noticed that several planes have the black rubber adjusting nut such that the grooved side faces the rear, while others have the smooth side facing the rear.

My question is, does anyone know what's the proper orientation for the adjusting nut? Checked out Leach's B&G, but I couldn't find a picture of a WWII-era plane for comparison. Of the 8 planes I have, 6 have the grooved side facing the rear, 2 have the smooth side facing the rear. Did Stanley simply just send them out in both orientations? Maybe someone in New Britain liked 'em one way, and some other person liked 'em another :-). Or, did previous owners turn them around for some reason?

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

Eric

Re: Question on Stanley WWII-era bench planes

3/8/04, 4:13 AM #2

Neal (San Jose)
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Re: Question on Stanley WWII-era bench planes

Neal (San Jose)

>I just checked mine - I only (only?) have two, a 4 and a 4 1/2, and they are both grooves toward the rear. I can't imagine anyone going to the trouble to change it after it left the factory, so my vote is that someone at Stanley just wasn't paying attention.

Re: Question on Stanley WWII-era bench planes

3/8/04, 12:33 PM #3

Eric from Little Rhody
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Re: Question on Stanley WWII-era bench planes

Eric from Little Rhody

>Thanks! Yeah, that's what I was thinking, in terms of users removing the nuts themselves. Couldn't really see a reason for it.

The nuts do actually look kind of cooler with the smooth sides toward the rear :-).

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