"B of E" plane

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Roger Nixon

>Yup. It's probably a Stanley made for school woodshops. B of E is Board of Education.

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David Miller from Iowa

>Roger is absolutely right. When I was in Junior High shop ("manual training" they called it then), we had a wall full of flat top Bedrocks, many of them 5 1/4s, all with the rubberized B of E handle. Obviously to minimize damage when us oafish kids woud drop them on the concrete floor.

After I left town, my Junior High burned down - the shop didn't burn but had significant water damage. My Dad tells the tale of seeing a garbage can full of Bedrocks sitting out on their way to the dump because they had been sprayed with water and the whole shop thing was getting away from planes anyway. Ouch.

Thanks

Jack Guzman from Maine

>That puts a new light on it. I'll be careful when cleaning it not to alter that handle any.It sounds like a worthy user.---Jack

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Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>And here I was waiting for Alf or Bugbear to tell us that the Bank of England used to give planes as new-account premiums. Oh, but they'd have given infills, wouldn't they?

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William R. Duffield on the Cohansey

>Walter's guide lists the value of the 605 1/4 Junior Jack at $400 to $800. Each! Not per trashcan full.

My friend owns a B&E plane

Bob Hackett

>Picked it up at a police auction.The guy used it to heave thru a window prior to ransacking the store.Seems his project wasn`t going well so he decided to put it off till after some refreshment.He needed some hardware after he finished the bottle so...

Mainely,Bob