Thread: Stanley Planes & Woodworking Beginner (me)

That screw holds a groove for the slotted flat at the back of the frog to fit into.

When the frog screws are slightly loosened, the screw can be used to adjust the frog back or forward, which affects the mouth opening width in front of the plane iron.

The function is a bit more effective on Bedrock-style planes where the casting of the bed and frog match so that the frog cannot twist left and right - only move forwards and back. Some people have removed the metal tag behind the frog - I guess they didn't need that adjustment or it broke.

The plane can work fine without it for the moment.

Cheers,
Paul

Originally Posted by ank

OK, first things first then! Let me post photos of all of them.

First plane images:

The photos could be bigger please for us older blokes to see, thank you...

OPPs - I see from the following posts much larger photos and wow what a great response....Well done gents all......

Originally Posted by crowie

The photos could be bigger please for us older blokes to see, thank you...

OPPs - I see from the following posts much larger photos and wow what a great response....Well done gents all......

I've posted pretty high res photos, you might need to open them in a new window to see them in better resolution. The big, detailed ones you see are being hosted directly on my server but every time I post one of those the mods make me wait until they approve the image.

Small update!

I'm following the guides and gently removing all the old crap off the metal, to turn this:

blade cleanup 0.jpg

Into this:

blade cleaning up.jpg

Will post more pics as I go on

Considering the date (1969) and assuming it was sold in Australia, it would have cost $6.80 in Australian dollars of the time (Australian currency was decimalised in 1966, and each shilling was a tenth of an Australian dollar)

Interesting that it has a Record blade in it, quite an old one too.

Yes that screw is meant to turn. Don't, DON'T, force it, you do not want to break or strip the head of the screw. Keep up with the penetrating oil spray, the well fitting screwdriver and patience. Give it a good spray and leave it for a day, repeat, repeat.... If it doesn't come free than let us know and we will take you through a few alternatives. It will have either been rusted in or screwed all the way in and stuck (and rusted). They will be great users. I'd suggest that you read up on rehabbing planes on this forum (and read everything Bob Smalser has ever posted), or if you want - send them to me or come over (I'm in Sans Souci) to get them rehabbed. Fixing old tools are great as it gives a really full understanding on how they work, which I've found always of benefit.