i've looked in the archives, and am wondering about a plane i picked up
at the friday flea market here in town. i blew down there on my lunch
break, and scored a number of goodies for not so much money (a miller's
falls brace, ten jennings pattern auger bits of varying size and thread
coarseness, an old irwin adjustable 1.5" bit, a burning lens, a rod
extension for a brace with a forstner bit in the holder along with both
set screws, a funky clamp i'll ask about later, a nos nicolson
triangular file, an old yankee driver full of bits, the two-tone plane,
and some other smalls i can't recall all for $40...and an introduction
to the seller who said he'd be back in two weeks with more tools from
his "half a storage container full of them"...beep, beep!).
the plane has cream/yellow japanning on the body, nothing on the sides
or sole, red on the frog and chipbreaker, nothing stamped or engraved
or painted on the lever cap, no adjusting screw on the frog, and either
"stanley two-tone" or "two-tone by stanley" on the blade. it's a size
4 smoothing plane (size 4 smoothing plane, jeff) with rosewood on the
tote and rosewood on the handle. cast "made in usa" on the tip in
front of the handle. nice tight mouth and long blade.
can anyone elaborate on their experiences with, and knowledge of, said
plane? the archival information is scant.
thanks.
bill
felton, ca
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