Show us your handplanes

[Half-fast eddie]

I wonder if they avoided import fees by shipping without the blade, and adding a local blade before sale.

 

[Provincial]

Good insight!

 

[trainer]

I wonder if they avoided import fees by shipping without the blade, and adding a local blade before sale.

I also have a Simpsons sears branded #110 block plane with the same configuration, USA base and made in Canada iron, so that's possible. Stanley had a factory in Canada, so it's possible that parts were shuttled back and forth across the border. Simpsons Sears was the name of sears catalogue business in Canada from sometime in the 1950's to about 1978

 

[Half-fast eddie]

The second was bought last month at an estate sale, in rusty condition, paint all over the sole, dull.

A package arrived today with a (one day) beautiful plane. And a buck bros chisel. I’m excited. Already bought the japanning product.

 

[Half-fast eddie]

I had never seen a #100 plane in person, i had no idea what it really looked like. The package was rather small, i wondered if the plane had been disassembled for shipping. I opend the box and the first thing out was the generic plastic handled buck chisel … that filled half the box so i started getting confused. Then the plane came out. It’s so cute! Ok that was sarcasm. It’s a nice tool, and for those who have no idea … this is how big it is …

Trying to explain to the wife why i needed it … that was a waste of time. I told her now i need a used toaster over for the japanning. She’s familiar with the finish, and i showed her my container of raw material. I had to explain that it gets baked on. She said “just use the kitchen oven”. Wow that was a surprise, usually if i try to use anything out of the kitchen, like a foil pie plate even, it’s like i farted in church.

(Don’t get me wrong, I’m still happy with the little plane, looking forward to refinishing).

 

[CRSINMICH]

Yet another coffin smoother. I stopped at an antique store in Canada yesterday and came away with this smoother. I certainly don't need another coffin smoother, or any other kind of smoother, but I bought it for two reasons. First, the bladed is stamped EDWARD PRESTON. How cool is that? The second reason is that the plane was part of a package deal. The other part of it was this giant rosewood and brass square. I've never seen one as big as this. Interestingly, it seems to be metrically sized. My guess it was meant for a cabinet maker. Who else would need such a big square?

There is actually a third reason for buying these tools. At the current exchange rate with Canada, they ended up costing less than $15 each.

 

[RTM]

I had never seen a #100 plane in person, i had no idea what it really looked like. The package was rather small, i wondered if the plane had been disassembled for shipping. I opend the box and the first thing out was the generic plastic handled buck chisel … that filled half the box so i started getting confused. Then the plane came out. It’s so cute! Ok that was sarcasm. It’s a nice tool, and for those who have no idea … this is how big it is …

Guess there is nothing showing scale in my pix posted here in this thread, oops. Need something with a bigger challenge? Will see what I got hanging around in the dark corners of the shop.

 

[RTM]

Here is a spokeshave I was finally able to get back into service, maybe. This was scored in a mid 2021 hoarders sale, and set aside for a cleaning when I had a moment or three. It was quite rusty, and took a bit of polishing to get the metal into a reasonable condition. Then the pieces got separated and buried on the bench. Last night I managed to dig down to their level, and got both pieces together at the same time. Unfortunately, so much time had passed that I forgot how it went together, and my as found pic was too far away to be useful (half hiding under the yellow drill pouch). After 5 minutes of dicking around, I finally found the right orientation for the blade.

So, sharpened and assembled, I looked for something appropriate to shave. I had a hatchet handle I was trying to thin down a bit, so hauled it back out, and gave it a whirl. Going one way, it cut nicely, left a nice smooth surface. Flipped the hatchet handle over, and it chattered like a wild thing, going either way on the handle. Turns out the handle had some crappy grain patterns, so I switched to a few different shaves until I finally got it working.

Anyway, I suspect this is an Asian made tool, name looks to be SAEPUL, with a SA PRIMA blade. No wedge holding the blade in place. The metal appears to have been wrapped around the wood, very rough contour on the shave handles, etc. The blade is very thin, sharpened to a knife edge, which is odd. The edge is almost wavy when sharpened, so it may need serious rework, putting it back to a single bevel. I originally thought this was a scraper as the blade protruded so far when found, but it didn't seem to work as well that way.

Overview.


Removed the shavings to get a pix of the ?brand? name. You can see the seam in the wrapped metal around the wood.


Taking decent shavings from a hickory handle


You can see the wavy edge in this photo, as the waviness is the sharpened edge of the bevel meeting the unsharpened portion.

 

[CRSINMICH]

RTM: I think. It is certainly unusual but not top notch. It does look like a scraper.

 

[RTM]

Yeah, for about $1, plus a bit of labor, wouldn't have been too heartbroken if it didn't work. I can just add it to the stash of about 50 others, and see if he fits into the crowd, or decides to alienate himself from the others. There are several others in the pile that don't carry their weight, but when you have a spokeshave problem, you can't leave them behind.

 

[Old Radar]

Then the pieces got separated and buried on the bench. Unfortunately, so much time had passed that I forgot how it went together.

How irresponsible. This never happens to me. I wish.

 

[four.cycle]

@RTM

I am in the process of cleaning out my house and found these. I bought them in 1977 somewhere in the middle of Nebraska. My memory of the transaction and the place is rather vague.

Please let me know if these are something you would be interested in adding to your collection. If yes, please send me a snail mail addy and I'll get them shipped to you after I get back from Alaska.

Thanks very much

BK

addendum:

** In the process of posting well over a hundred "free" ads on Craigslist over the last week, I managed to crash my photo editing program, so my photos are all **** now. Can't edit, can't crop. I haven't had time to figure out how to use the new software yet.
Busy getting ready for two different trips right now while at the same time cleaning out the entire house. Also sold one of the trucks yesterday. Just a bit busy here. Be back in a couple weeks maybe. I haven't READ any of the posts here over the last several days, so there's probably a lot of stuff I've missed. Have to catch up later. Thanks. BK **

 

[RTM]

Those are #45 plane blade IOB, a more complete set than I currently have, thanks. PM coming

 

[four.cycle]

Very cool. Thank you.
I have several little piles of stuff set out for different members here.
I'll have a load of stuff to take to the post office when I get back from Alaska.

I am assuming those are blades used in some sort of plane to make decorative moldings and such?

 

[RTM]

Yes, the left side blades make beads, the right one cuts a tongue for tongue and groove joints.

 

[four.cycle]

ahh....

I have no idea why I felt I needed a "souvenir" from Nebraska. Been carting that thing from house to house for too long.
Probably get all this stuff out after Labor Day. It's taken me five months to find all the stuff I want to send to Don Long.
BK

 

[Mintgrun]

I found this little Stanley # 140 in a scrap metal bin. It was missing the wooden knob, so I stole one off another (uninspiring) plane.



It is also missing the side cover plate and one of the little screws to hold that on. The skewed blade and the fact that it runs clear to the edge are cool features.

Based on the logo on the blade and the adjustment knob's style, this is a late version.





I looked at a lot of online images, but have not seen another adjuster like this one. It makes me wonder if a previous owner replaced it.



The fine serrations on the underside of the blade are a feature I've never seen before. It's tempting to make a new side plate for it... someday. It'd be fun to use a chunk of an old framing square.

This photo was taken from a site called Old Tool User, to show the plate that is missing and some earlier (more typical) knobs.



Tom

 

[RTM]

You can get a repro side plate made fairly inexpensively.

Reproduction stanley #140 side plate new made | eBay

A new made side plate for the stanley #140.

www.ebay.com

He makes some decent stuff for much cheaper than most of us can fabricate the part.

 

[Fred Knox]

Like Joe Huld (upthread), I like one of our domestic infill plane manufacturers from the late 1800s. This is a J Popping of NY vintage rosewood infill shoulder plane. I picked this one up a while back. It has a 1" wide iron which is signed J POPPING NY (see photo). It has a gorgeous rosewood infill and wedge, a tight mouth, zero blemishes and is about 6 1/2" total length.

 

[RTM]

Here is a bit of a different plane that I've had for a few years. Bought it back in 2016, really just wanted this one, but the guy gave me a great deal on the lot, so I took them. This one is just under 3" wide, just under 17" long, the 2-1/4" blade is skewed about 15°, it weighs in at 4+ pounds, and the blade is 11 ounces. Technically it fits into the Skew Badger range, a giant, handled rabbet plane, ejecting chips out the top. I saw what I thought was a skewed blade in the Craigslist photo, and that was my main point of interest, as skews usually work well. I was extra pleased to find out it was a rabbet plane as well, capable of cutting to the edge of the plane. An added bonus feature of this plane is the handle is slightly tilted, towards the rabbet side, I guess to keep you leaning in to the cut.

The sorry lot it was hanging around with, over half Great Britain based makers.



Going for the parked hard look, trying to be cool


Top View showing the Skew



The rabbeting edge, note the chip on the down side that will need to be sharpened out.



The tilted handle (tote) (the inside of the grip cutout is contoured higher on the right than the left also)


Thos Ibbotson & Co iron


Mathieson Glasgow Stamp, and J.B. Marshall wanted to make sure EVERYONE knew it was his plane.



Late find. This page makes it look like this might be an 1820-1845 imprint.

http://www.hansbrunnertools.com/Mathieson2ndedition.pdf

 

[CRSINMICH]

SCIOTO WORKS/OHIO TOOL/AUBURN TOOTH PLANE​

The planes, and all the other tools, at the estate sale were vastly overpriced but since this is only the second toothing plane I've seen in the wild, it followed me home.

 

[RTM]

Nice score.

I got a coffin smoother a few years (2018) back for cheap, my buddies were wondering why. It had a toothing plane in it, worth more than I paid for the plane. Far right.



Scored this one (lower right) a few weeks back, have not gotten around to posting any of them here.



They are great for veneer prepping, or smooth really squirrely grain. Never pass them up at a reasonable price.

 

[CRSINMICH]

RTM: Thanks for the reminder that Toothing planes (Tooth planes in old catalogs) can be used for working difficult grain. I'm beginning a new-to-me project that could very well be something for which a tooth plane could be helpful. I'll keep you posted.

 

[RTM]

Lee Valley makes toothing blades for their low angle planes, if the job is too large to comfortably use the coffin shape.

Toothed Blades for Bevel-Up Planes - Lee Valley Tools

www.leevalley.com

 

[CRSINMICH]

ZAHNHOBELEISEN​

By an amazing coincidence, I found this today in a German hardware catalogue from 1928. Zahnhobeleisen translates to 'tooth plane iron'. I was looking for information about an odd bit brace I have.

 

[bmwrd0]

I picked these three up today, adding to the Stanley collection:

#10C, Union #2, and a #48. The 10c needs a good clean up, and all of them are dusty, but quite happy altogether.

 

[crguy]

I picked these three up today, adding to the Stanley collection:

#10C, Union #2, and a #48. The 10c needs a good clean up, and all of them are dusty, but quite happy altogether.

That 10C was a good catch.

 

[rrroo]

This is my latest "restoration". Unfortunately I never have the patience to take the "before"-pictures. It's an old plane that was salvaged some years ago from a long forgotten mansion that is rotting away, swallowed by the forest near my summer cabin. Under a thick layer of dust and dirt I found this beautiful one piece block of nordic curly birch.

This kind of plane was operated by two men and was used mostly for planing floor planks. In the days when log cabins were still a thing. It has no markings and is probably hand made by some local carpenter about a hundred years ago.

The blade is from a similar thrift store find that could not be salvaged. Austrian made, should be from the same time period as the plane. The wedge was also lost but I made a new one from an old birch tree that was felled in the same area.

I guess it's hard to find any practical use for this kind of plane these days but it's a nice piece of history and I that despite it's just a tool for mainly quite coarse work, somebody has still chosen the coolest block of wood for it.

 

[Jim C.]

The #10C, a good catch? I‘d say it was a GREAT catch! Those are rare to find in the wild. What’s the story be behind It?

Jim C.

 

[bmwrd0]

The #10C, a good catch? I‘d say it was a GREAT catch! Those are rare to find in the wild. What’s the story be behind It?

Jim C.

Walked into the Restore ns saw it sitting with a bunch of other planes in a carboard box. They knew it was something, but not what the real value was. Same with the #2. They knew the #48 was worth about what I paid, same with a #71 I left behind, as I already have one. It was kinda weird, as they used to put things they bothered to look up the prices of up front, but not these. I went back yesterday, too see if any more surfaced, and there was nothing left in the way of planes at all.

 

[Jim C.]

That was a home run my friend! If you ever decide to sell it, give me a shout.

Jim C.

 

[MisterEd]

Stanley 100 1/2 "Squirrel Tail" as found, after "disassembly" and after very modest cleaning.

 

[RTM]

Your plane sole is bent. You should be very careful using it, so as not to bend it more.

At first, I saw the pipe, and I assumed it was just to hold it upright for the pic. A little SandFlex medium or fine grit block will clean the screw and blade up quite nicely.

I had two 100s, does that make me 1/2 way there?

 

[MisterEd]

I had two 100s, does that make me 1/2 way there?

100 1/2 + 100 1/2 = 201

I doubt I will ever use it. Such things belong in the hands of people who care about them in that special way. We are accumulators who enjoy old things and we like being able to keep history alive by passing them on to others after awhile.

 

[Old Radar]

At first, I saw the pipe, and I assumed it was just to hold it upright for the pic.

Me too. Must be a homemade addition. The plane is designed for use with one hand. I don't know how that pipe would help things--unless you had hands like Andre the Giant.

 

[MisterEd]

Must be a homemade addition.

It was certainly homemade, but was done quite well. I might have found it easier to use with the pipe addition because of my arthritic thumbs and it may have been such an accommodation for the deceased previous owner.

 

[crguy]

Stanley 100 1/2 "Squirrel Tail" as found, after "disassembly" and after very modest cleaning.

That added 'handle" is something I've never seen on one of those before.

 

[whitesco]

Not sure if this qualifies as a true hand plane but pulled this old one out of the bottom drawer during some reorganization today…

 

[RTM]

Commonly known as a drawknife, this is probably the more active thread than this one, which predates my time here.

Bring it back to life, I can toss some in there too.

Let's see your Drawknives and Spokeshaves and Chisels

Let's see them!

www.garagejournal.com

 

[whitesco]

Commonly known as a drawknife, this is probably the more active thread than this one, which predates my time here.

Bring it back to life, I can toss some in there too.

Let's see your Drawknives and Spokeshaves and Chisels

Let's see them!

www.garagejournal.com

Done - let's see how many people yell at me for resurrecting a thread that old