Thread: Stanley 110 block plane

I was looking online at 110s to see what the knob looked like, and there are different kinds, with different means of attachment. Which one do you have, or need? Some 110s are valuable. I was looking here.

Stanley 110 block plane

The Superior Works - Patrick's Blood & Gore: Planes #90 - #100

Toby

They have one here.

Stanley Planes - Stanley Tote

Toby

This place is pretty good and cheap for new stuff. If it's the wooden one try:
12-960L Stanley Block Plane Parts
They should have all the others too.
cheers,
Jim

I was thinking it would not be hard to turn one up but if they are only $2 why bother.
Regards
John

Originally Posted by orraloon

I was thinking it would not be hard to turn one up but if they are only $2 why bother.
Regards
John

I was going to do that a few years ago and then I saw the price and thought the same.
Cheers,
Jim

$2 but out of stock! I really want an original bit but if the best I can do is make one then make one I will. What sort of wood should I use.

Originally Posted by chook

$2 but out of stock! I really want an original bit but if the best I can do is make one then make one I will. What sort of wood should I use.

Depends what sort of appearance you want! Something that turns up nice & easy would be my choice. Is your plane the type with a coarsely-threaded stud cast into the sole, like mine? The tricky part is screwing the new knob onto the stud, as it's unlikely that you can find a tap to match. I've seen knobs epoxied on, but I like to make repairs easily reversible, so when I replaced the knob on mine, I drilled a generous hole and worked it on & off about a dozen times as it gradually threaded itself on. Took all of about 10 minutes, & it's held up nicely,so far.....

Cheers,

How about a wooden knob (drawer pull) from the hardware store? They come in a variety of sizes and shapes, and woods, and some of them are less than two bucks.

Toby

Chook,

I'm near certain I have the body of a 110 in the garage that I picked up at a tip and was going to make an infill from. It had the knob, a little bug damaged but they'd been killed before I found it so it would clean up ok. If I haven't thrown the knob it out it's yours if you want it, I'll try and find it and post a pic.

Cheers
Andrew

I've wondered about how to do the inside thread on a replacement knob before and wondered if you could just drill an oversize hole in a knob, cover the threaded stud with a release agent (maybe simply cover with Gladwarp) fill the hole with a bit of epoxy and push on. When it is set unscrew and remove Gladwrap.

Originally Posted by andrewr79

Chook,

I'm near certain I have the body of a 110 in the garage that I picked up at a tip and was going to make an infill from. It had the knob, a little bug damaged but they'd been killed before I found it so it would clean up ok. If I haven't thrown the knob it out it's yours if you want it, I'll try and find it and post a pic.

Cheers
Andrew

That would be great.
I suppose I could make up some sort of handle myself. But I don't actually need a handle on the thing. It works perfectly well without one. I want a handle so that it be look complete. And so a new or non standard handle is not going to satisfy me. It is a really nice tool. Once you get used to giving the front or back a bit of a tap to adjust it, it is great for cleaning up edges and a host of small planing jobs.

Try Jim Davey, I got one off him years ago, he had made them out of walnut (or similar)

Jim Davey Planes & Sharpening - Home

Regards,
Polie