Stanley Plane Typing Chart

[Dan Barr]

http://primeshop.com/access/woodwork/stanleyplane/pftsynch.htm

Cool chart for typing your stanley plane.

enjoy,

Dan

[Clint Jones]

I like this one http://www.hyperkitten.com/tools/stanley_bench_plane/dating/dating_flowchart.html#Types%201-20 Just answer the questions.

[Rob Mathis]

Dan I like the chart!

Thanks for posting!

[Jim Koepke]

The Chart is an interesting compilation.
After having time to read the notes, it appears it is more of a work in progress than many of the other type studies on the web.

The area of vagueness I find in most of the studies is the change from right hand to left hand threads on the adjuster and do any of the left hand thread adjusters have the patent dates stamped inside.

Also, some of the studies make it appear that the Pat. Aprl 18 '92 stamped blades came along in 1888. That does not make sense.

Right in the type 6 area is where there is a little confusion. I have a Stanley Rule & Level stamped blade with the large hole at the bottom.

The site Dan listed seems to have some of this covered in the addendum & notes.

I still like the one at Rex Mill because of all the pictures. There are errors, but if you ain't making mistakes, you ain't making anything.

I think having the images is a big help. In some of the antique shops there are some serious Frankenplanes out there. Wrong tote and knob is one thing, but I have seen what looked to be a Union frog on a Bailey base with a cap iron from who knows where with a thick blade from an old woody. The tote & knob weren't worth looking at either.

I had a copy of the type study text before I found Rare Bear's web site and was adding pictures on my own as I found them. Still have it and refer to it at times. Even added some pictures from my latest finds.

Anyway, type studies can be fun but what is more important is if the thing works properly.

jim

[Jim Koepke]

Dan, did you see the thing about the frog screw's washers being made out of reject try-square blades?

Check yours and see, it is about the right time period.

jim

[Johnny Kleso]

I going to rework my website soon
Comcast has been down for almost 6 months an I could not rework anything and upload the changed pages :(

I still think I have the best but will try to get page to load faster for dial up users

www.rexmill.com (http://www.rexmill.com)

[Phillip Pattee]

Nice chart Dan. Johnny, your's is pretty good, I refer to it often.

[Johnny Kleso]

This is a nice txt file vesrion
https://home.comcast.net/~rexmill/planes101/typing/plane_typing.txt

save it for printing when yoour on the hunt :)

Enjoy

[Martin Cash]

Here is the easiest chart that I have found.
It has been put together by Hans Brunner in Australia.
See what you think.
http://www.hansbrunnertools.gil.com.au/Stanley%20by%20numbers/StanleyDatingBenchPlanes.htm

Regards
MC

[Kevin French]

I printed out the chart a while back to see if it added anything to the links I use. I guess I'm not enough of a plane geek

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/sweeper54/shop/StanlyChart.jpg

[Bob Smalser]

I always thought Johnnie's was the fastest. Hope it's back up soon.

[Johnny Kleso]

Bob,
Should be working now..
Try www.rexmill.com (http://www.rexmill.com) that the re-diret address to https://home.comcast.net/~rexmill/
or https://home.comcast.net/~rarebear/ what I had to use for the last six months because of Comcasts webserver migration to a new server..

If use the Masked address www.rexmill.com (http://www.rexmill.com) and want to bookmaek a page right click the link and Choose OPEN IN NEW WINDOW and you will see the true address @ comcast.net

[Bob Noles]

Johnny,

Great to see you posting here. I lost track of you for a while. Hope you are doing better and things are going well for ya. ;)