Help request from UNION plane owners.

[Ray Sheley]

I have a question for all UNION plane experts/semi-experts/users. Are all Union planes marked somewhere on the casting? I have a 5 ½ sized plane with a UNION marked lever cap and blade, and there is no way to deny the lineage of the frog and lateral lever, definitely UNION. But I see nothing on the main body casting. It still needs cleaning, and perhaps I will find some markings, but right now nothing is very apparent. What do you have on your UNION planes? Thanks.

[Lowell Smith]

The main casting behind the rear tote is marked
with 'UNION' (curved) above 'No. 5'.

[Dominic Greco]

Ray,
I have a Union No7 that was missing the original lever cap (had one from a Transitional in it's place) and had no other markings to indicate that it was indeed a Union Hand Plane. A bunch of the fine folks here helped me out with the ID. The only way they had a clue who made it was from the design of the lateral lever and the markings/shape of the frog. You gotta' love the knowledge base the internet provides!


http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z287/DominicGreco/dg062107b.jpg

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z287/DominicGreco/dg062107e.jpg

[Jim Koepke]

My addition to this is some union planes have a unique adjuster than the Bailey style adjuster.

Also, the totes and knobs were made of mahogany instead of rose wood. The knob had a bead around the base.

Here is a link to the Union catalog of planes:

http://toolemera.com/catpdf/union1905cat.pdf

jim