Category: My Collection

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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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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Shelton #04 or maybe not.

This Shelton plane was manufactured under the US Patent: 1,914,609 by Cornelius J. MacAller – Derby, CT.   The Shelton Plane and Tool Manufacturing was […]

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Ohio Tools Block Planes

  Here is my modest collection to date of Ohio Tools Block Planes. I think it covers a wide spectrum of what you’ll find for […]

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Edwin Hahn #12 Jointer

Edwin Hahn is one of the Wilkes-Barre PA plane makers. John Rumpf wrote an excellent book on the subject titled Plane Makers of Wikes-Barre, Pennsylvania: […]

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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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A Very Early Sargent #409 (Type 0)

Sargent Type Study — Type 0 – Type 1 —Type 2 —Type 3 — Type 4 — Type 5 — Type 6 — Type 7 — 5400 Series – Hercules Series – Hercules – Golden Cutter – Final Production […]

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Edwin Hahn #9 restoration before and after.

Edwin Hahn is one of the Wilkes-Barre PA plane makers. John Rumpf wrote an excellent book on the subject titled Plane Makers of Wikes-Barre, Pennsylvania: […]

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Circa 1876 Metallic Plane Co. Plow Plane

The Metallic Plan Company, made planes from 1867-1880 in Auburn, New York. According to PTAMPIA Vol 1 or Vol 1 there is not a patent […]

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Birmingham Transitional Plane – Oliver R. Hayworth Patent

This is a Transitional Plane made by the Derby Plane company and manufactured under the Birmingham name. It was patented by Oliver R. Hayworth – […]

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