Stanley Bailey 5C Identification?

Re: Stanley Bailey 5C Identification?

Todd Hughes

>Is a modern plane from the 1960s 70s or even later. These planes are in my experance are of a much lower quality then a pre war [WWII] made in the USA Stanley. Are worth much less too

Being heavier it may prove to be a good plane to throw at your neighbors cat [Grin]...Todd

Good user...

John in New Mexico

>I used to use an English Stanley #10 (or similar, don't remember zackaly) in a shop I worked for. Not going to turn on any collectors, but they work fine.

John

Whacha got there is a...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Newer Stanley as Todd said. The quality of Stanley planes fell when they started making them in England. I have a English #5, and it didn't hold a candlel to my US made one IMHO. I got rid of mine, too much fetting and not good performance. I hope you have better luck with yours than I had with mine.

Re: Stanley Bailey 5C Identification?

Angus Barclay, in New Zealand

>Hello Dominic,

I've got a Stanley #5 very similar to yours; made in England, a bit heavier than normal and with the extra ribs behind the tote. No red paint on mine though, so maybe the "bit too much" you paid for yours was beacuse the saying that "the red ones always sell better than the rest" applies to some tools as much as it does to cars and candy.

Seriously though, these versions of the #5 are pretty ordinary but work just fine as a coarse-set jack plane. Put a bit of camber on the blade, set the mouth well open, stone the cap iron until it fits properly and the set it back 3/16ths or so from the cutting edge. You'll find it is a perfectly good user and life can't always be filled with pretty walnut, cherry, or maple, so its great to have something like this when you need to plane a few swipes off plywood, Masonite, MDF or something like that.

Of course, you really do need at least one other jack plane too, for the times when you don't want something quite so coarse. And you need at least 3 or 4 different size smoothers, and perhaps a scraper, a jointing plane, and a trying planes. A combination plane sure comes in handy sometimes too. You had better keep hitting those yard sales and auctions!

cheers

Angus Barclay

just a gentle push there - eh.

vlparisian - Houston

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Re: Stanley Bailey 5C Identification?

Bart Leetch

>Dominic

"""Of course, you really do need at least one other jack plane too, for the times when you don't want something quite so coarse. And you need at least 3 or 4 different size smoothers, and perhaps a scraper, a jointing plane, and a trying planes. A combination plane sure comes in handy sometimes too. You had better keep hitting those yard sales and auctions!"""

Not to mention all the other hand tools you'll be needing.

Plus the fact I just kicked out the last 6 rungs of the ladder you've been standing on & greased the slope it was standing on. Buddy your standing on a real slick slope.