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early bedrock types?

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early bedrock types?

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early bedrock types?

john jesseph

>I am waiting around for some paint to dry on some work for swmbo, and decided to look over some old planes, since I need to do some consolidation in the shop and need to decide what to jettison and what to keep. I bought a #7 a while ago, haven't fettled it yet. I initally thought it was an early Bedrock with round sides, but since it didn't have the frog-loosening screws behind the frog, I figured it must be a Stanley with a Bedrock lever cap.

I got it back out today, and was thinking maybe it really is a Bedrock. The toe of the casting says "No 7", and behind the tote the second patent date has been ground off. The section where the tote attaches to the casting is raised about 5/16 inch. I guess I don't know how early Bedrocks differ from the regular Stanleys. The thing is pretty grungy, no major rust but lots of pin-pitting. ERS must have been proud of it, because he used a punch to poke his initials in the side of it.

Is it a Bedrock? Should I clean it up and put it into use and put the LN on eBay?

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Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>John,

Is there a "ramp" under the frog. If so it is a Early Bedrock, if not, it isn't.

I got "Bedrock Fever" a year or so ago. Found a #5 that had a bedrock lever cap, for little money, so I snagged it up and almost ran away from the vendors table. Got it home, disassembled it, and ----no ramp. :~(

Todd O.

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Tom MacGregor

>The earliest Bedrocks - Types 1 & 2 - had the same numbers as the regular bench planes, so it is possible to find a Bedrock without a 600 series number. These had lever caps that read "STANLEY R.&.L.CO. BEDROCK" in three lines, with a small diamond on each side of STANLEY and a slight space that makes BEDROCK look like two words. The primary characteristic of the Bedrock style plane is a fully machined slope between the frog and body.

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john jesseph

>Of course to check that would mean I would have to put the effort into looking, I guess! I'll look at the frog beddding tonight......

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Todd Hughes

>I have a couple of these, including a near mint no.8, and easiest way to spot them in the wild is that they will have the numbers small and close together and no Bailey on the casting like an older [pre 1902] regular Stanley...but will have the frog adjusting screw at the rear of the frog like a later plane..Also as you point out they have the ground off patent dates, on most this was gound after they were jappaned though I have seen them where the grinding is jappaned over ..Todd

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