Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Just curious, who made this plane?
Kerry in FortSask
>I picked up a couple of old planes on the weekend. I know what one of them is, but wondered about this other one. All it says on it is "No. 3" and "Made in Germany", no brand name. I don't imagine its anything special, but just wondered. Instead of one adjustment nut and a lateral adjustment lever, it has two thumbscrews to move the blade.
Kerry
Just a guess. Maybe Dunlap?
MikeL in SoCal
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Re: Just curious, who made this plane?
Jim DeLaney, Tustin, CA
>Just a wild guess, since you said it's made in Germany - Kunz? I've not seen a plane adjustment mechanism like that before - looks sorta like a scaled up spokeshave adjuster...
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Alice Frampton, UK
>I've not seen a plane adjustment mechanism like that before
You've not seen the delights of the SB3 and SB4 then... :~(
Cheers, Alf
Stanley SB3
Re: Just curious, who made this plane?
Ernie Miller Topeka
>That must be the straw that broke the cammel's back in the de-evolition of Stanley planes They thought they had every way of making them good and switched to cheezie.
Re: Just curious, who made this plane?
Kerry in FortSask
>That looks nearly identical to the old one I have, except of course for the Stanley name and the plastic handles.
As an aside, I just cleaned the body of the other plane I bought, an old #4 Record using the electrolysis method - wow, very cool way to get rid of rust. I'll do the same with this #3.
Kerry
Re: Just curious, who made this plane?
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>Alf,
Those are some planes! I'd seen the replaceable blade planes before, in pics (not in the flesh), but the SB3 and SB4 were new to me. I think this demonstrates the fallacy of the myths that the British (a) cling firmly to tradition and (b) never permit anything but the very highest quality tools to escape their factories. But I guess I shouldn't be so harsh before I've tried them; maybe they're great tools.