>I bought a #4 Bailey plane. It has a corrugated bottom and purple brown japanning or paint. The blade and cap say stanley. It has a high tote that looks like it is a dark stained wood and the frog has c466 near the body and as 610 under the lateral adjuster. It says Made in USA in front of the handle. The bolts holding the knob and tote are steel. The depth adjuster is large but steel. The cap has a kidney shape. It does not say stanley on the body anywhere.
>Most things in your description suggest this was a plane Stanley manufactured during WWII. Baileys are either black or blue (or repainted) as far as I know. Its not unusual to find planes that are reassembled from parts of multiple planes. Why are you interested in identifying this plane?
Here's a pretty good flowchart on identifying Bailey planes:
I think it's a 60-70's Stanley..before they started manufacturing in England...Sort of a maroon japanning...right? You can find lots of blocks with the same japanning...now, if the chipbreaker was yellow...then it might be a "two-tone"...I think it's the same era. I've got some blades from a two-tone plane. Not much info on the newer planes..Patrick's blood and gore sort of lumps them all together as post WWII..
>The Two-Tones were made twice. The ones from 1940-1941 had blades marked Two-Tone by Stanley, and the ones from 1950-1951 read Stanley Two-Tone. A bit earlier than the "Let's make 'em all Maroon" era.
>I have #5 stanley with the same color body.It is shiny new with a huge mouth opening and poor machining on all cast parts.The tote and handle are made with stained and coated wood that appears to be a softwood. It's just a newer ,cheaper made stanley.I think yours may be the same.---Jack
