Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
New (well, old) Planes
Mark B Smith
>I visited my local "reseller" on Friday. Came home with 4 new purchases.
Stanley #4, type 15.
Stanley #5C, type 12
Stanley #605 1/2 C (not sure how old)
Stanley #80
$56 for all 4. All have little or no rust on the soles, but some tote and knob damage. Can't wait to start cleaning them up.
Had to pass up a nice 608 for lack of storage space.
you don't store them!
Ernie Miller
>You buy them and resail them to pay for the ones you keep. now go back and get it.
Re: New (well, old) Planes *LINK*
walt Q
>Mark, let me make sure I heard this right...did you say...605 1/2?? And there's an 608 kicking around too??...And that first batch cost you the princely sum of $56? STORAGE SPACE!!!...This has got to be one of the best gloats I've heard in a long time...I'd get yer rear back there and pick up that 608...PRONTO!! While your there better check under his tables for more of those 60XXX's. And, by the way, you most definately suck! :-)
Walt Q (digging out from the blizzard & wishing he had a 6051/2)
Old Tools
Bedrock Type Study
David Miller from Iowa
>Noticed you don't have an email adress posted, it would be handier. As an FYI, here's a Bedrock Type study I paraphrased from Bob Kaune's published one and that I keep in my PDA (along with my have and have not list).
Stanley Bedrock Type Study
Type 1, 1898 - single digit body numbers (no 600s), milled space below APR. 2, 06, 2 dates on lateral, 10-21-84 and 7-24-88.
Type 2, 1898-1899 - Only one date 7-24-88 on lateral
Type 2A, 1899 - add 600 series numbering
Type 3, 1900-1908 - 600 series but no milled out space below APR. 2, 06
Type 4, 1908-1901 - add Bed Rock SR&L to lever caps, lose lateral patent dates
Type 5, 1911 - change to flat top, BED ROCK now on body castings
Type 6, 1912-1921 - lever caps just say BED ROCK
Type 6a, 1922 - large frog adjustment wheel
Type 7, 1923-1926 - beds with US PAT APR. 19, 1910, Stanley rectangle lever caps
Type 8, 1927-1930 - Made in USA below bed patent date
Type 9, 1931-1932 - Made in USA only, lose patent date
Type 10, 1933-1941 - some orange frogs, raised tote casting, kidney lever cap
Type 11, 1942 - WWII heavy casting, no nickel on lever cap
Type 12, 1943 - rubber knob, hardwood handle
Mark!
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>YOU SUCK! Now go back adn get the 608. Make room for it;-).
Mark!
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>YOU SUCK! Now go back and get the 608. Make room for it;-).
Glitch in the Matrix...
Scott in Douglassville, PA
>Hee hee hee... ;)
Doooh! The dual post, I can't
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>spell today syndrome. A real glitcn in the Burr matrix...
Re: you don't store them!
MarkSmith
>I agree completely. I should have been more clear about storage. I was on my motorcycle, and the 608 is such a monster I didn't think I could get home without it falling off (return trip was about 60 miles). The 4 that I purchased already were a big weight in my backpack. I'll bring my saddlebags next time.
Re: Bedrock Type Study
MarkSmith
>Thank you! I ran right out and looked. It looks to be a type 7 - 2 patent dates behind the frog.