Question on plane type......
Randy Johnson Connersville, IN
>and prehaps a small stealth gloat.
Friday I stepped into a small junk/antique shop to get out of the rain for a few minutes while reading gas meters. I've been in the shop before and never saw anything worth leaving with at any price. This time there was a #4C Stanley with three patent dates cast into the bed. I gave the guy his $7 dollar asking price and left with a good feeling.
Now, with my limited knowledge I was under the impression that the three patent dates denote a type 11. Looking at the flow chart on the BP archive I see that it could be a type 12 if the adjusting knob is a certain size. However there is a third variation that the flow chart does not address. My plane has no frog adjusting screw which should date it prior to a type 11. So, what do I have? Is it a type 10? Or does it fall into a crack where it is really no "type" but simply a plane put together from leftovers to get it out of the factory.
BTW, it cleaned up very well with no pitting and about 95% jappaning intact.