By James R. Gillis Here it is at only the second post of this blog and I’ve gone off the subject of Stanley Model Shop […]
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Vintage #4 metal bodied Smoothing Plane Weight Comparisons
By Eric Brown Vintage #4 metal bodied Smoothing Plane Weight Comparisons A smoothing plane needs several things in order to operate properly. Obviously the bottom […]
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Bailey Tool Co. #17 Restoration
I bought my first Bailey Tool Co hand plane . I’ve been researching the Bailey plane with little success finding information outside of the Stanley […]
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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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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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Thoughts on Vintage Hand Planes
There are always a lot of questions around what particular hand plane a woodworker should look for. Here are my thoughts on some Vintage Hand […]
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Sharpening and Setting an Early Ohio Tools Hand Plane
If you happen across an early Ohio Tools hand plane, you might want to pick it up. These, like many other vintage hand planes make […]
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Upson Nut
Along the Farmington River at 37 Mill Street in Unionville were once the factory of the Upson Nut Company. The company, which produced nuts and […]
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