Winchester (founded 1855) started marketing tools about 1919 to fill up post war (WW I – July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918) production capacity. […]
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Stanley English Type Study Draft
I picked this up from Instagram here, and with permission, decided to carry on the conversation. My continued interest in the history of Hand planes […]
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Stanley Pamphlet circa 1900
Sargent Plane Catalog – 1926
Sargent Combination Planes Nos. 1080 and 1085 Description and Directions for Use
Edwin Hahn Planes & History
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: […]
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Stanley #45 and #46 Pamphlets
The follow is book recommendations if you want a full instruction manual.
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Sargent Plane Catalog – 1925
Tuning the cap iron (chip breaker)
For the whole restoration guide, click here For the bench plane tuning guide, click here My Video of tuning the chip breaker As I was […]
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The Elusive 6408 Sargent
You can find this plane on page 42 of my book! To a Sargent collector, the Sargent 6408 plane is one of the more sought […]
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