This is a Transitional Plane made by the Derby Plane company and manufactured under the Birmingham name. It was patented by Oliver R. Hayworth – […]
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The Union 500 series
These planes are manufactured under the US Patent: 746,285 by John W. Carlton – New Britain, CT and George E. Trask – New Britain, CT […]
Continue readingCan you save that Cutter – Part 2
Its well known I like to save as much of the original plane as I can. If you remember my first part CAN YOU SAVE […]
Continue readingSargent Shaw Patent Planes
More info in my book The Shaw patent was a design put out similar to the Bedrock. It’s got a frog design that allows the […]
Continue readingStanley Type 1 & 2 #13
I’d like to thank an email with further and better information. Note this early and rare plane has it’s sole made from a single piece […]
Continue readingMaking a Scraper out of a saw plate.
I had this Stanley #12 1/2 scraper that’s been parted together from pieces found over time. Its pretty much useless without a blade though, and […]
Continue readingA Union #3 with the Mosher Patent lateral
I recently purchased a Union #3. The interesting part of this plane is it is a Union plane with the Mosher Patent lateral. Back on […]
Continue readingA Stanley #45 resurrected.
“What in the world was I thinkin”? My $7 #45 came, but man was it rusty. This will be the first restore I’ve done that […]
Continue readingMy Transitional Planes
Transitional Planes I’ve been trying to force myself to catalog my plane collection. So if you don’t mind following along, I’ll try to post a […]
Continue readingThe #5 1/4 Story.
Many think the #5 1/4 was a Stanley invention. Stanley was not the first to make a #5 1/4 bench plane. They did change its […]
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