On a Bailey Patent type hand plane and other similar designs, the frog is held in place by two screws that allows the frog to […]
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Tuning time. What Vintage Hand Plane is Best?
The following quote was a post made by Casey Benton on a Facebook conversation. I thought it would be good to add some thoughts and […]
Continue readingAn Ohio Tools Mystery – The 300 Series Hand Plane
Over the years I’ve seen evidence of a series of Hand Planes made by Ohio Tools. These plane are similar to their typical line of […]
Continue readingThe Millers Falls Buck Rogers #714 Jack Plane
The Millers Falls Buck Rogers #714 Jack Plane The first time you take a The Millers Falls Buck Rogers plane apart, it’s a little daunting […]
Continue readingSiegley Hahn Bench Plane Lever caps
Back to Jacob Siegley Hand Planes Let’s take a look at the differences in the Siegley Hahn Bench Plane Lever caps. These help date the […]
Continue readingEdwin Hahn #12 Jointer
Edwin Hahn is one of the Wilkes-Barre PA plane makers. John Rumpf wrote an excellent book on the subject titled Plane Makers of Wikes-Barre, Pennsylvania: […]
Continue readingCircular Planes
Most major manufacturers of vintage planes had circular planes in their line up. Circular planes, or planes sometimes called Compass planes, are for planing convex […]
Continue readingSargent Transitional type Study
Type 1 1891-1901 Twisted finger end with Horseshoe lateral Type 2 1902-1909 Twisted finger end with folded disc type lateral Type 3 1910-1918 VBM Folded […]
Continue readingThe Stanley Cordovan Era
Stanley Home– Type 1 – Type 2 – Type 3 – Type 4 – Type 5 – Type 6 – Type 7 – Type 8 […]
Continue readingThe Elusive Stanley Type 3.
Thanks to Joyce and Eric Robinson for the images. Check out their The Vintage Tool Shoppe in Fremont, New Hampshire or New Hampshire Plane Parts […]
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