Union No. 8 restoration

Perhaps

Jim Reed@Tallahassee

>you can get a junker #5 Stanley and scarf the parts you need. After Stanley bought Union they used up the remaining parts (mostly castings), so yours may have had a Stanley screw and nut from the get-go. Good luck.

Re: Perhaps

Paul Erickson

>Thanks for the tip. Anyone have a frog, or better yet depth adjustment screw/nut they are willing to part with?

cheers, Paul

Re: Perhaps

Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>Hi Paul,

Are you looking for a Stanley #8 frog or screws? Or are you sure you need the Union version.

Last I checked LV sold some Stanley parts

Good Luck with it.

Dan Clermont

Re: Perhaps

John Jesseph

>That's interesting. I have a plane marked "5A" on the toe, I assume it is a Union 5 1/2 equivalent. It has a stanley frog and iron, and I can't say for sure it is not the original...

Re: Union No. 8 restoration

James Watriss

>Not sure if this is the case, but if Union was true to form in copying Stanley's example, a #8 has a 2 5/8" wide blade. A #8 plane is the only Stanley plane to use a setup that is this wide, so my suspicion is that you will specifically need a frog from a #8, not from a 5, a 5A (whatever that is) or a 5 1/2. A 5 1/2 is 2 3/8" blade, which is still 1/4" away, unless it's like the early stanley 5 1/2 planes, in which case, it uses a 2 1/4", so you're 3/8" too narrow. 4 1/2, 6, 7, all use 2 3/8", too.

So you probably need a #8 frog.

Re: Union No. 8 restoration

Paul Erickson

>Thanks for the replies. I have the frog, but it is missing the threaded stud for the depth adjustment, and the nut. I think the intent of the previous post was to suggest that I could take the stud from a no5 frog and put it in the one I have.

Re: Union No. 8 restoration

James Watriss

>ah...

true, that.

:)