I recently received a package in the mail from my mother who had been
helping my grandfather (early 90s) clean out his garage. The box included a
hand plane which is pictured in a post to ABPW. I cannot find any markings
on it and the sole is 9" (does that make in a block plane?). It is my first
decent plane and I put it to use yesterday on the mast for the sailboat I am
building. It is kind of neat I am using my grandpa's plane to build my
boat. My mother thinks it might have belonged to my great grandfather who
passed away in the 1970s.
Wr, Tim
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Hate to disappoint, Tim, but what you have is a cheap, probably furrin-made
clone of the Stanley-Bailey No 4.
If you look at the adjustment wheel, the y-lever which rides between the
flanges of the same, and the lateral adjustment lever, they're all of bent
steel, this being a bit of a giveaway.
Nonetheless, if you have a decent blade and cap-iron in it and tune it
properly, you may get good service from it, apart from the obvious
sentimental value.
Cheers
Frank
"Tim Rohrer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I recently received a package in the mail from my mother who had been
> helping my grandfather (early 90s) clean out his garage. The box included
a
> hand plane which is pictured in a post to ABPW. I cannot find any
markings
> on it and the sole is 9" (does that make in a block plane?). It is my
first
> decent plane and I put it to use yesterday on the mast for the sailboat I
am
> building. It is kind of neat I am using my grandpa's plane to build my
> boat. My mother thinks it might have belonged to my great grandfather who
> passed away in the 1970s.
>
> Wr, Tim
> --
> Tim Rohrer
> [email protected]
> Check out our family home page at http://www.metbymail.com
> Check out our home business at http://www.unitoday.net/invitamin
>
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