Luban White
04-16-2008, 6:11 AM
Gday Folks:)
Please forgive my starting off with a request for your services.. I joined a little while ago but with 2 very young kids I rarely find myself capable of making a full sentence.. much less holding a conversation with a bunch of tool gurus. I have however enjoyed reading through some of the great threads here in my stolen moments.
I have a very modest bunch of planes in my shop.. a good selection of bench planes, a few blocks, a small assortment of plows, a 45.. etc.
It's all just old Stanley stuff.. I try to make a rule that I will not buy a plane (or any tool for that matter) that I will not find use for, you know.. trying my best to stay off the slope:o
Anyhoo.. I took a punt on the US-bay a few weeks ago and had a bid on what I thought was a Vaughan and Bushnell #4 with a replacement lever cap.
I can't afford the bedrocks and I have a V&B 904 1/2 that treats me very well.. so I figured for less than $50au I'd grab myself a smoother to replace my Stanley.
Only she came in the mail today.. and I'm not convinced it a V&B.. I made my original assumption based on the fact it had "drop forged" in front of the knob. Now I have it in my hands I don't think the bed and frog are right but I have no experience with anything other than Stanleys, Sargents and my one V&B that has a frog almost identical to a friends 604 1/2.
I have taken photo's of what I hope are the important bits for ID. It is fitted with a Sargent blade and no markings on the breaker.
Lever cap has the numbers 3416 on its underside
The Frog is marked 76 on its underside
Does anyone recognize her?
Please forgive my starting off with a request for your services.. I joined a little while ago but with 2 very young kids I rarely find myself capable of making a full sentence.. much less holding a conversation with a bunch of tool gurus. I have however enjoyed reading through some of the great threads here in my stolen moments.
I have a very modest bunch of planes in my shop.. a good selection of bench planes, a few blocks, a small assortment of plows, a 45.. etc.
It's all just old Stanley stuff.. I try to make a rule that I will not buy a plane (or any tool for that matter) that I will not find use for, you know.. trying my best to stay off the slope:o
Anyhoo.. I took a punt on the US-bay a few weeks ago and had a bid on what I thought was a Vaughan and Bushnell #4 with a replacement lever cap.
I can't afford the bedrocks and I have a V&B 904 1/2 that treats me very well.. so I figured for less than $50au I'd grab myself a smoother to replace my Stanley.
Only she came in the mail today.. and I'm not convinced it a V&B.. I made my original assumption based on the fact it had "drop forged" in front of the knob. Now I have it in my hands I don't think the bed and frog are right but I have no experience with anything other than Stanleys, Sargents and my one V&B that has a frog almost identical to a friends 604 1/2.
I have taken photo's of what I hope are the important bits for ID. It is fitted with a Sargent blade and no markings on the breaker.
Lever cap has the numbers 3416 on its underside
The Frog is marked 76 on its underside
Does anyone recognize her?