View Full Version : Fulton Plane, what is this critter?
John Sanford
01-31-2009, 2:46 AM
I have a plane I picked up at an antique shop or some such a while back. The label on the tote identifies it as a Fulton Value Leader. 'Tis 9 1/4" long, 2 1/8" wide with a 1 3/4" wide blade. Basically the same length as my Record #4 and a second #4 that I have (of unkown provenance). The frog is stamped, bent steel, rather than a cast and machined piece like the other two.
What can ya tell me about this beastie?
Douglas Brummett
01-31-2009, 10:32 AM
picture is worth a thousand words, maybe more in the case of old tool ID
Phillip Pattee
01-31-2009, 10:44 AM
It sounds like a Fulton second line of planes, sort of like a Stanley handyman. With a stampled frog, you will have a very difficulty time ever getting it to work correctly. It is probably not something a collector would value either.:mad:
Steve Sawyer
02-01-2009, 1:02 AM
My first bench plane was a hand-me-down Fulton like you describe.
I was never able to get it to work decently, and when I got a good buy on a Stanley-Bailey #4, I realized what a poor excuse for a plane the Fulton was.
I threw it out, not wanting to foist it off on another user, no matter how inexperienced.
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