For Edwin Hahn History –> The Hahn #8 is listed as a fore plane It is 17 15/16″ long with a 1 1/4″ wide blade […]
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How I remove the threaded rod from the frog for blade adjuster knob on a Hand Plane Video
Infill Shooting plane. Make it a pair!
Flash Back from 2013. I modeled these after a Brese model. Infill is ebonized walnut with bark Danish oil.Sides and sole are precision ground steel.Irons […]
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Birmingham B Plane with an Adjustable Mouth (AKA Derby #4 1/4)
Something very very cool showed up in my mailbox today. This is a Birmingham B plane. Birmingham Plane Mfg Co made many cool planes, but […]
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Huber and Flickinger Patent Plane
This was originaly [published Publish here on June 15, 2018. Updated January 2022 From the collection of Justin Boesch A very rare Huber and […]
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Lever Cap Comparisons and Differences
Lever Cap Comparisons and Differences
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Stanley Number 1 Hand Plane Dimensions
I was asked for Stanley Number 1 Hand Plane Dimensions. I figured this was the easiest way.
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A look alike Marples 2690 Wood Hand Plane
A look alike Marples 2690 Wood Hand Plane Here are a coupler of Hand planes Made from parts from a broken plane and some Ash. […]
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Making of the Cast Iron Carpenters’ Plane at the Stanley Rule & Level Company – 1898
Making of the Cast Iron Carpenters’ Plane at the Stanley Rule & Level Company Reprint from THE IRON AGE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1898 Few in […]
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Sargent-Stanley Chip Breaker differences
There are always questions about the differences in chip breakers between the Stanley and Sargent vintage hand panes. The following is a chip breaker comparison […]
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