I read the thread about how you can't find things at flea mkts and
yard sales and since it was a nice day I went for a drive. I
found a couple of planes, a #4 and a #5, but I don't know what to
make of them. The #4 has a real strange adjuster on it, not like
the ones that I have on the rest of my planes. It's kind of a
screw rather than a knob and it runs a doohickey that slides the
blade front to back rather than moving a lever like on my
Stanleys.
The #5 is more like a Stanley, at least the way it works is, but
it has L. Bailey's Patent stamped in weird places, like inside the
adjuster nut and on the chip breaker. It doesn't have any patent
dates on the plane, just on the knob and breaker, the lettering is
grungy so it's hard to read, but it looks like 1858 and 1867. The
chip breaker has the 1867 number on it. It looks OK, the
japanning is nearly all there, and there aren't any chips or
chunks missing, no cracks, except the top, rear horn of the tote
is knocked off. It's got a weird short little knob on it made out
of some real pretty wood, and the weirdest arch to the back of the
bed where the frog bolts down.
The #4 cost me $22 and the #5 cost me $18. I don't know what to
think about them. Maybe I'll be able to see what they look like
better after I soak them in some ammonia and sand them down. That
should get the brown crud off them so I can see what they look
like. I can always make users out of them, what the heck, they
were cheap.
Dave in Fairfax
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Silvan wrote:
> Nice driveby... You suck!
> You could always try electrolysis...
Thenkyew. The Bailey's either a type 4 or type 5. It's a mix of
parts, so I suspect an early type 5. Your #4 and #5 are boxed,
BTW. They aren't pretty, but they both make nice curlies. I left
some with each plane for your examination.
Dave in Fairfax
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walt wrote:
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> Dave,
> the #4 sounds like either a Shelton plane,Shelton CT or a Sargent autoset.
> May also be a Gage/Stanley adjuster. All are pretty similar. You want it to
> be a Sargent or Gage..you don't want it to be a Shelton. And, boy I hope
> it's got a lot of blade left, those blades are impossible to find.
> walt q
Actually it is a Shelton, yeah, I know, but it's OK as a user. I
checked the number on it, that was the only marking on it. A Gage
woulda been nice, but I'm really not into collectables. The type
4-5 Stanley #5 is about as close as I care to come to that.
Frankly I wouldn't have bought it except that the guy had it
marked as "unknown maker" and the rest of his stuff was obscenely
priced. I've got another Shelton, a block plane, and frankly, it
works better than my Stanleys.
I really did post it in response to the "I can't ever find
anything" stuff that keeps being posted.
Dave in Fairfax
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"Mark O'Leary" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<RHP0c.93908$Xp.420387@attbi_s54>...
> I had an unusual plane cross my path recently. Relatively cheap
> Craftsman--an older one, but with something I've never seen before. The
> sides of the body (NOT the sole) are "corrugated."
>
> What's up with that.?
IIRC, in the "Dead-ends" section of Patrick Leach's Blood & Gore is
a plane that has corrugated sides (as well as a "wavy" corrugated
sole). I think he said it was to strengthen the plane sides.
Chuck Vance
I had an unusual plane cross my path recently. Relatively cheap
Craftsman--an older one, but with something I've never seen before. The
sides of the body (NOT the sole) are "corrugated."
What's up with that.?
Marko
"Steve Turner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Pictures man, pictures! :-)
>
> Post some pics of your new toys over in alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking
and
> maybe we can figure out what you've really got there.
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dave in fairfax wrote:
> better after I soak them in some ammonia and sand them down. That
> should get the brown crud off them so I can see what they look
> like. I can always make users out of them, what the heck, they
> were cheap.
Nice driveby... You suck!
You could always try electrolysis...
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