Thread: Stanley Plane Pictorial

Hi John,

Had you seen this other one:

The Stanley Bench Plane Page

And of course there is Hans Brunners site that keeps it nice and simple:

Stanley by Brunner

Thanks for your link.

Nick

Originally Posted by nick_b00

Hi John,

Had you seen this other one:

The Stanley Bench Plane Page

And of course there is Hans Brunners site that keeps it nice and simple:

Stanley by Brunner

Thanks for your link.

Nick

Hi Nick ,yep there are a number of references around some that you've mentioned I had not seen this one before so thought to post it.

Cheers

It is a great resource and thanks John for pointing it out.
Johnny Kleso's site is probably the easiest to understand and follow in the dating and typing of US made Stanley bench planes.
Other Stanleys made in Canada, UK and Australia don't follow the standard typing so are more difficult to date correctly.
It is certainly nice to be able to tell others about the planes that we use. I love to be able to say that my number 8 is from around 1900 with some certainty. And it gives me a real buzz to use a tool that is still in good condition after all those years, and that carries the warmth of history within it.

"Things men have made with wakened hands, and put soft life into
are awake through years with transferred touch, and go on glowing
for long years.
And for this reason, some old things are lovely
warm still with the life of forgotten men who made them."
— D.H. Lawrence

Cheers
SG

Originally Posted by Scribbly Gum

It is certainly nice to be able to tell others about the planes that we use. I love to be able to say that my number 8 is from around 1900 with some certainty. And it gives me a real buzz to use a tool that is still in good condition after all those years, and that carries the warmth of history within it.

I've been to the same site a few times now myself. Although most of my Stanley planes are English, My number 8 is a type 5. I love using a tool made between 1885 and 1888.
If it could only talk...
My earliest tool (although I'm not sure about some of my molding planes) is probably a mortise chisel I have made by Philip Law. He was making tools in England between the 1780's and 1825. I'd love to have a long chat with that tool