Brian Atkinson
01-29-2011, 4:15 PM
Hi All,
I'm sure this will be an easy question for the plane experts, but I'm confused by this plane I just picked up. I've checked the blood and gore website as well as the Hyperkitten and Rexmill websites with the various plane type studies and I still can't pinpoint this plane's type.
Characteristics from toe to heel...
It has Bailey at the toe. A raised ring for the knob. Made in the USA right behind the knob. The frog seat is the type that started with type 9 (i.e. the bearing service, a ridge, across the width of the sole at the rear of the seat and a rib going down the mid line towards the mouth). Also note that the bearing service is not continuous but is milled out in the middle, above the frog adjustment screw. The area behind the frog is completely empty of text (no patent dates and no made in the USA obviously since that is behind the knob). No 5 appears behind the tote. There are no raised ridges at the toe or heel.
So the frog seat type seems to have started with Type 15 and gone through type 18, when the seat changed to the Y shaped ribs. The fact that there are no raised ridges at the toe or heel points to a type 15. But the type 15 type studies say that Bailey should be cast behind the knob, whereas this plane sole has Bailey in front of the knob.
I haven't included any info on the frog since I assume it could possibly not be original to the sole, but if it helps, it is the frog style with the ogee shape on either side of the lateral lever. The lever also has STANLEY horizontally on the top side. So this frog type seems to have started with type 16.
Any help pinpointing this plane type would be appreciated.
Thanks all!
I'm sure this will be an easy question for the plane experts, but I'm confused by this plane I just picked up. I've checked the blood and gore website as well as the Hyperkitten and Rexmill websites with the various plane type studies and I still can't pinpoint this plane's type.
Characteristics from toe to heel...
It has Bailey at the toe. A raised ring for the knob. Made in the USA right behind the knob. The frog seat is the type that started with type 9 (i.e. the bearing service, a ridge, across the width of the sole at the rear of the seat and a rib going down the mid line towards the mouth). Also note that the bearing service is not continuous but is milled out in the middle, above the frog adjustment screw. The area behind the frog is completely empty of text (no patent dates and no made in the USA obviously since that is behind the knob). No 5 appears behind the tote. There are no raised ridges at the toe or heel.
So the frog seat type seems to have started with Type 15 and gone through type 18, when the seat changed to the Y shaped ribs. The fact that there are no raised ridges at the toe or heel points to a type 15. But the type 15 type studies say that Bailey should be cast behind the knob, whereas this plane sole has Bailey in front of the knob.
I haven't included any info on the frog since I assume it could possibly not be original to the sole, but if it helps, it is the frog style with the ogee shape on either side of the lateral lever. The lever also has STANLEY horizontally on the top side. So this frog type seems to have started with type 16.
Any help pinpointing this plane type would be appreciated.
Thanks all!