Michael Arruda
09-09-2012, 12:07 AM
Hello all,
I just picked up another plane at an antique shop. I've been looking for a nice plane with an adjustable mouth for a while. This one came up and I snatched, thinking it was a Stanley #18. It looks like an 18. It acts like an 18. It feels like an 18. So, it's definitely... a Craftsman No 5256, as is marked on the side of the plane under the finger groove. The blade is marked Craftsman, too.
Did anyone else make a dead ringer copy of an 18? Is this a Stanley product?
Thanks,
Michael
PS- never trust your eyes. The store was kind of dim and I thought the plane was pretty minty. I just got home and lo and behold, it's not minty- it's restored. Kind of. In an antique shop, dunno about tools kind of way. Wire brush cleaning under the lever cap, The body was apparently repainted, as there's signs of pitting under the paint. The blade is chipped, and the throat is chipped in a couple places behind the blade- it's chipped enough that I don't want to file it away or I think it'll open it up too much. Should I a) leave it alone, b) fill it with epoxy and sand smooth, or c) tig weld and file smooth?
I just picked up another plane at an antique shop. I've been looking for a nice plane with an adjustable mouth for a while. This one came up and I snatched, thinking it was a Stanley #18. It looks like an 18. It acts like an 18. It feels like an 18. So, it's definitely... a Craftsman No 5256, as is marked on the side of the plane under the finger groove. The blade is marked Craftsman, too.
Did anyone else make a dead ringer copy of an 18? Is this a Stanley product?
Thanks,
Michael
PS- never trust your eyes. The store was kind of dim and I thought the plane was pretty minty. I just got home and lo and behold, it's not minty- it's restored. Kind of. In an antique shop, dunno about tools kind of way. Wire brush cleaning under the lever cap, The body was apparently repainted, as there's signs of pitting under the paint. The blade is chipped, and the throat is chipped in a couple places behind the blade- it's chipped enough that I don't want to file it away or I think it'll open it up too much. Should I a) leave it alone, b) fill it with epoxy and sand smooth, or c) tig weld and file smooth?