My Work Planes

Clifton No. 4 I also have a No. 7	No. 4 1/2 Type 15 With one of My Custom 1/8" Thick Iron
No. 5 1/2 Type 15 With one of My Custom 1/8" Thick Iron	No. 7 C Type 15 With one of My Custom 1/8" Thick Iron
No. 80 Sweetheart Scraper	Early No.12 Veneer Scraper
No.60 1/2 WWII Era Thicker Body and Steel Hardware	No.9 1/2 WWII Ear Thicker Body and Steel Hardware
No.65 With Knuckle Cap

My Collectors

No.65 1897 Pat.	No.19 Sweetheart
No.65
Most of My Collection are Type 15s (1931 1931) They where made at the height of The Great Depression and are Last of the Sweetheart Types.. Type 15s and Type14s where only made for one year each and are a little harder to come by.. The Type 12 is also one of those planes you don't see a lot of like 10,11 and 13.. The Type 15s are the Last of the Sweetheart Types and many say that they are the Pinnacle of the Stanley Works Hand Planes..
No.3	No.3
No.3	No.3 C Type 14 (1930 1931)
No.4	No.4
No.5 1/4	No.5
No.5 C	No.6
No. 608 C Bedrock	No.7
113 Type 1 Missing Rear Handel

Hand Plane Iron Set UpMany people call the Iron the blade and the Cap Iron a Chip Breaker but I prefer to use the old terms and a chip breaker does really break chips.
I have a nice shot set up tutorial on how to adjust the lateral adjuster to get a even cut across the length of the blade..

Bench Plane Type StudyThis section will let you figure out how Old is your Bailey Plane?
This is a guide, it was made after Stanley made the plane, it was not what Stanley used to make the planes.. There are Anomalies that have different features from two types on one plane, you could also have parts that were switched. So use it but all of these guides are not etched in stone..

Handle RefinishingThis section covers how to refinish you plane handles.. Shellac is the the best finish I know to have you beauty of the rosewood show through. You can then use lacquer on top of the shellac but you must make sure you used De-Waxed Shellac and not plain shellac..

What's Japanning ?Here is some recipes and links to other folks pages on how Japan you plane..
The Japanning is the black finish that looks a lot like paint.. I have listed a Motor Paint that looks just like the japanning Stanley used and is very durable and is my choice for refinishing if your just getting started. Its cheap and almost fool proof..

Wooden Hand PlanesLots of people I know swear that wood planes cut much better than metal based planes.. I have not really had to time to do any tests but hope to some day. Also I am friendly with Steve Knight from Knight Tool Works and he will give you 10% off the price of his planes if you tell him you read it here..

ElectrolysisThis is a method to remove rust no make that kill rust.. It really does not do the job I thought it would after reading about it but on planes where the rust keeps coming back or was rusted badly from the start then is the method I use to give me peace of mind..

Sharpening I have a whole sub section devoted to sharpening hand plane Irons.