gg,

i picked up an old stanley 130 (double-ended block plane, jeff) the 
other day, with a custom-made lever cap, carefully crafted from old 
packing crate wood.  i am wondering if anyone knows which, if any, 
other block planes have lever caps with the wheel that would work in 
replacement.

it's a nifty plane, even with the crude wedge.  rather than a bullnose 
on the short side, it has been user-modified (probably by the same 
hack, er, craftsman who did the wedge) and is now a chisel plane.  i 
didn't have a wide chisel plane, so that's nice.  the blade is original 
("STANLEY RULE & LEVEL CO." in an arc, with the ""PAT'D JAN.30.82" and 
"REIS'D OCT.23.83" inside the arc), and it's certainly of the first 
type, as the sides of the plane are curved rather than flat at the top. 
  i am seriously thinking of cleaning it up and making an infill block 
plane/chisel plane out of it, i think it would look cool and work a 
treat (work well...oh, never mind, richard).

any ideas for the lever cap are heretofore appreciated in advance (or 
is that a tad redundant?).

bill
felton, ca

Bill,

I used the cap and wheel from a no-name block plane (looked similar to a 
Stanley #102) on mine.

Frank Sronce (Fort Worth Armadillo Works)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Kasper" 
To: "oldtools" 
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:41 PM
Subject: [oldtools] replacement lever cap for old block plane
>
> any ideas for the lever cap are heretofore appreciated in advance (or 
> is that a tad redundant?).
>
> bill
> felton, ca