This is something that I PM to people who ask about a plane they just bought or information about planes. It is mostly Stanley oriented.
If others have sites that they like, please follow on with a link and a little bit about the site.
I sent a note to Zahid and he will link to the thread in the Sticky FAQ thread.
Thanks for anything you can add,
jim
Patrick Leach has a great site with information and a touch of humor on Stanley planes.
This link is to the entrance page of his site. Once you get inside, bookmark what ever page you want to start with. There are also a few pages of non-Stanley planes that are interesting.
http://www.supertool.com/
One of the members here has a very good site full of plane information. Johnny Kleso deserves the thanks of all of us for the time he has taken to build this wealth of information.
http://www.rexmill.com/
This is a great page for Stanley Trade Marks used on the plane irons (blades).
http://www.antique-used-tools.com/stantms.htm
There is also a Stanley Bedrock type study page.
http://www.antique-used-tools.com/brtypes.htm
This link is to the different lateral adjustment lever styles from various makers.
http://www.brasscityrecords.com/tool...lane%20id.html
This page is a type study of Millers Falls planes.
http://homepage.mac.com/galoot_9/MF_type1.html
Found a .pdf for an instruction manual for the Stanley 45. There are other manuals on this site, drop back to tooltrip.com to get there.
http://www.tooltrip.com/tooltrip9/st...anes/45man.pdf
Another page for type studies of Stanley bench planes
http://primeshop.com/access/woodwork...e/pftsynch.htm