On 10/28/2014 5:04 PM, JAMES THOMPSON wrote:
> When I sent the pictures this morning I meant to ask what anyone knew about
yjhe #4 size smoother. It is marked No. 4, and made in USA, but no maker's mark.
The cap iron has 4 square indentations which are painted red. Who made that? I
managed to clean up some of the tools yesterday. The plumb bobs had turned
black, but are now bright.
>
> In another picture there is a mess of long auger bits measuring 18" in
lemngth. The strange part, to me at least, is that all of them are either 11 or
13. There must be a reason why we find so many of these, and so few of other
sizes. There was also one 3/4" auger bit which is a full 24" long. I don't see
many of those.
I believe Foursquare was Stanley's early "homeowner tools" line. Can't 
recall where I read that first but here's one source... Scroll down to 
Rick Whitehead's reply.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?109663-Having-trouble-
dating-stanley-plane">http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?109663-Having-
trouble-dating-stanley-plane

As for the bits, I have no idea why... But it will give you something to 
contemplate next time you're sitting in the dentist's waiting room....

Don