Some of my planes

[yak face]

Here’s something I’ve been meaning to post for a while and seeing Steve and Ron’s exchanges regarding correct terminology for aircraft has spurred me to take some pics of some of my planes . Living in Sheffield and being a joiner for a good part of my working life means quality edge tools have always been of interest and subsequently I’ve built up a fair collection of planes ,chisels etc . A fair few of these have been bought cheap at car boots etc and refurbished/ restored , a lot were also obtained new through various contacts working in the tool factories , when they were still producing tools in Sheffield ( note , very few tools are still made in Sheffield , most of the bigger companies - Marples , Record , Stanley UK - have been moved abroad or bought out and the name is put on cheapo crap - (Irwin Marples ) ) All the planes in the picture were made in Sheffield with the exception of the Woden fillister which may have been made in Birmingham , although Woden were bought by Record and made in Sheffield too !
My favourite is a record 04 that I restored along with two others , which dates from 1954/56 . I found a fascinating ( well to me !) site online that tells the subtle differences between record planes over the years and enabled me to accurately date mine .

[monica]

very nice collection,

[adt70hk]

Tony

Very cool indeed!

[Tim Marlow]

Very nice....only got a a Record number 4, a Record Bailey and a Bull nose myself.....when I set up home on my own in the early 1980’s there was a good second hand tool shop nearby, and I sourced almost all my hand tools there at very reasonable prices.....

[yak face]

Cheers guys , I’ve just entered the 21st century and got myself a YouTube account so I can now attempt to upload videos ,so here’s a couple

the Acorn plane ( first video ) and the Record 04 were both being tested after sharpening on a 2” piece of solid oak

[Gern]

... and here was me looking to see a collection of wingy thingies!

[Neil Merryweather]

Have I entered another dimension????? :thinking: :nerd::nerd::nerd:

[Fernando N]

Nice collection of quality tools Tony :thumb2: , and I thought a post of real aircraft was coming up:upside:…

[dave]

Takes me back to my days in the woodwork room at school, still have a few planes myself boxed up in the garage somewhere with the rest of my woodworking tools. Don't want to get rid of them but have no room to use them since moving to an apartment in Brussels 10 years ago.

[spanner570]

Tony, nice to see these. I have a Stanley Jackplane like yours. a smoothing plane and a Stanley Shooter, which is similar to a Jackplane, but about 6" longer at the heal. I used this to straighten the edge on long lengths of board prior to gluing the edges together, very rare nowadays....and a little block plane. Couldn't have any more as I carried my stuff in a 'Tool Bass' on a hand cart. I kid you not!

Don't laugh me owd mate, but here's my smoother.

Bought in 1964 along with a hammer and a wooden rule. The price of the plane was 49/6, around £2.50 in new money. My wage at that time was £3. 50 a week! So not much left to give my mum for my keep......

Still going strong after almost 60yrs. , and in original condition. Even the Dymo tape price sticker is still on it.







A bit of history. All Stanley planes have 'Bailey' cast onto them. He was the inventor of the adjusting wheel for the blade.


Thanks for posting your collection, Tony.

Ivor Chyzzell

[stillp]

No photos, but I have a few planes my dad bought new in the early fifties, Record 2" jack, 2 1/2" smoother, a block plane that my mother lent to her neighbour...who dropped it from a ladder and cracked the lever cap, and a Record no 50 Combination Plane, with all the cutters and accessories in a polished wooden box, never used. I've added a few more, picked up at boot sales - a couple of rebate planes, Stanley side rebate plane, and the one I use most, a Stanley 2" smoothing plane that I paid 50p for. I prefer it to the Record smoother because it's a lot lighter. I fitted a Japanese laminated blade, so it holds it's edge better.
A small point Ron - Leonard Stanley didn't invent the steel plane, he was the first to patent the adjusting mechanism. https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/leonard-bailey . Incidentally, Leonard Stanley is also the name of a village in Gloucestershire, where the paternal grandfather of my great-grandfather's wife was a woollen mill owner. Fascinating eh?
Pete

[stillp]

Tony, I'm pleased to see you don't put your planes* down on their soles! I still remember the school woodwork teacher ranting "I don't spend hours every evening sharpening planes for you boys to rest the planes on the cutting edge".
Pete

*well, except for that poor wooden plane. What had it done to deserve that abuse?

[stona]

What a great collection. I was never good at woodwork (my teacher shouted a few choice words at me, but they were nothing to do with how I put down a plane!)

And Ron, that certainly looks like a very well loved tool.

It just goes to show that there is no substitute for quality. Nowadays it's hard to find tools that don't fall apart within a few uses, never mind decades.

Cheers

Havin A Grumble

[spanner570]

A small point Ron - Leonard Stanley didn't invent the steel plane, he was the first to patent the adjusting mechanism. https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/leonard-bailey . Incidentally, Leonard Stanley is also the name of a village in Gloucestershire, where the paternal grandfather of my great-grandfather's wife was a woollen mill owner. Fascinating eh?
Pete

Cheers, Pete.
My 'Statement' adjusted accordingly, and your link proved very interesting. Thank you.
Good old Leonard Bailey, and what rotters Stanley were to him!

Steve, you just can't beat a well loved tool!

Sir Mecan 'Pusha' Spokeshave.

[Ian M]

Something deeply satisfying about the sizzle of a good sharp plane shaving off a full strip off of a board.