Thread: Stanley block plane adjustment

The block plane looks similar to a Stanley 110. Could be an early one or similar USA copy.
Is that its lever-cap in the 2nd photo?
Stanley No. 110 Block Plane - Handplane Central
http://www.handplane.com/images/Stat...Plane3-Big.jpg

The little Chamando looks similar to a Record 043 or other basic plough plane. Looks like someone has been using a screw as a foot!!!

The wooden rabbet/rebate plane looks ready to sharpen, flatten sole and put to use.

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Originally Posted by Rambozo

...Can any one tell me where I can find the ajustment mechanism for the Stanley block plane?

I agree. It looks very much like a No.110 - which doesn't have an adjustment mechanism - you adjust by tapping on the end/sides of the iron (blade). And that silver thing in the bottom right background of the 3rd photo looks like the lever cap. Did it come with an iron?

Originally Posted by Rambozo

...And the blades for the shamenco plough plane...

Cutters for plough-type planes are not easy to find. A good thing about the simple style of the 043 type plane is that any plough plane cutters will fit (no adjustment mechanism to worry about). Keep scouring Epay and other tool sales. Or make your own (heating and tempering may or may not be a skill you have or can master). Or buy a set from Ray Ilse in UK (£10 IIRC). There are three in the set: 1/8", 3/16" & 1/4").

But before you splash out on cutters, do you have the little cutter clamp? It doesn't show in any of the photos you posted.

Cheers, Vann.

Can you show a picture with everything you prchased? The block plane appears to be missing its lever cap (although there is one in the background of the Sharmanco photo), blade and the tension wheel. The Sharmanco appears to be missing a blade and the blade clamp; the depth stop is AWOL and replaced with a countersink screw and the fence rod clamp screws aren't original either.

If what you have shown in the photos is all that you got for $50 then I'm afraid you've thrown away about $30; the wooden shoulder plane is the only item there of any value in their currents state. Sorry

If the tension wheel or lever cap is missing from the block plane then use it as a fishing weight; blades are available new but the other parts aren't and you can pick up a complete block plane from a flea marfket for $10-15. Stanley made a billion of them and many other companies copied them so there sre plenty out there.

The Sharmanco is an Australian copy of the Record 40, the 43 was an improvement with two fence rods. Carter and Davelco were other Aussie companies that produced similarly low quality copies. The blade clamp is often missing as is the fence; but at least a replacement clamp can be made at home using THESE plans. These little plough planes are best used for things like cutting grooves in drawer sides for drawer bottoms

Thanks for the advice. The block plane has the leaver cap and the blade. I think that it just missing the ajustment mechanism

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Originally Posted by Rambozo

...I think that it just missing the ajustment mechanism.

You mean the tension wheel that screws into the lever cap? As pointed out earlier, there is no adjustment mechanism on this model of block plane.

Cheers, Vann.

Sorry to be another negative voice, but as Chief Tiff said, you paid quite a bit more for those bits than they are worth. The poor little Sarmanco plane has been through the wars and is carrying permanent scars, I think. It looks like the depth stop & fence rod holes have been severely damaged at some point, and someone has done a pretty ordinary job of patching them. I would guess that the screw in the depth stop hole is in lieu of a long-lost depth stop. It can't be adjusted, captured in the skate as it is, so I'm guessing that the person who 'fixed' it decided they only ever wanted to work to one depth.

You might get lucky & stumble on a loose screw-wheel for your 110 clone, but I don't think it's a Stanley, with absolutely no identifying marks on the body, so goodness knows if a Stanley Screw wheel will fit if you did find one. It's far more likely you'll find a usable 110 complete, for less than it would cost to post the part.....

Cheers,