OldTools Archive

Recent Bios FAQ

19478 Andrew Barss <barss@U...> 1997‑05‑31 block plane ID help
I just stopped in to a tool rental outfit I'd never been to
before, to ask directions to a store selling refrigerator
gaskets.  On a whim I asked for old tools, and I walked out with
a nifty drafting set, and a block plane I thought in a rush was a
Stanley 9 1/2, but seems not to be, although the blade is a 9
1/2s.  Any help IDing it would be appreciated.

	The blade is a Stanley notched logo, with

	No. 9 1/2 (13-029A)
        Made in USA

stamped below it.  The main casting is japanned, has Hand-Y
grooves milled in the side, vertical depth adjuster (like on a 9
1/2 or an 18), an an eccentric mouth adjuster.  So far, so
Stanley.

The moving metal bits (nut on depth adjuster, entire lateral
adjuster, and front knob and eccentric lever) are nickel-plated. 
The main casting says 

032851

right behind the mouth, and 

C  2

in the middle.

	The lever cap is stippled and japanned.

The overall quality is pretty nice -- excellent milling on the
casting and mouth, etc.

Is this a frwnakenplane, a late-model 9 1.2 (but I thought they
were blue), or a clone?  

	Thanks,

	Andrew in Tucson 



Recent Bios FAQ