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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Sargent #415 Restored
This was originally posted on February 1, 2015. The Sargent #415. The Sargent# 415 is like the Stanley #5 1/2 size. Here are the before […]
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Interesting Hand Plane Tidbit for Today (1)
Samuel Oxhandler’s design, patent #D137,230, for a bench plane was done for the Sargent Company of New Haven, Connecticut. It was later cited as a […]
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Look-A-likes – Sargent Auto-Set and Stanley/Gage Self Setting Planes
By James A. Clarke (Hilton NY) Some Background: To put my following comments into perspective — I am retired from engineering of signal control systems […]
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Circular Planes
Most major manufacturers of vintage planes had circular planes in their line up. Circular planes, or planes sometimes called Compass planes, are for planing convex […]
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Sargent Transitional type Study
Type 1 1891-1901 Twisted finger end with Horseshoe lateral Type 2 1902-1909 Twisted finger end with folded disc type lateral Type 3 1910-1918 VBM Folded […]
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A “Sargent made Dunlap”–Chip Breakers-Cutters and Hock
This Dunlap #408 came to me in a lot of other planes, so being a bit of a Sargent fanatic, I decided to see what […]
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A Very Early Sargent #409
This is believed to be one of the first Sargent bench planes made. It has the early unusual tote that is very rare and hard […]
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Sargent Bench Plane Identification Guide
Sargent Bench Plane Identification Guide – The #400/#5400/#1400 Series Sargent Bench Plane Identification Guide -The #400/#5400/#1400 Series Here is a list of all books and […]
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The Sargent #411
I’m sure the Sargent #411 was introduced to compete with the Stanley #5 1/4. The Stanley #5 1/4 came out in 1922, so subsequently the […]
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