Many of the tools from the Stanley Rule & Level Company Model Shop are marked with a number placed on the tool with white paint. This nifty round bottom block plane is no exception, bearing the number “64”, on both the lever cap and the body of the plane. One would like to assume …
From the Stanley Model Shop, Installment #2, A Round Bottom Block Plane Read More »
Written and submitted by Ron Blauch The electronic age brought about tremendous revolution in so many industries. One of the most pronounced of these revolutions was in the world of the land surveyor. Surveying tools and methods had remained largely the same for two centuries. Distances were measured with steel tapes or chains, angles were …
I’ll readily admit it, I’m a “tool collector”. I’m fascinated with all kinds of tools, but learned early on that I had to focus my energies and tool collecting funds on a narrower field, so I chose woodworking planes. I love those early Leonard Bailey, Charles Miller, and Stanley Rule & Level Company planes. …
An Unusual Nickel Plated Stanley #2 With a Chamfered Sole Read More »