By Joshua Farnsworth Updated Feb 28, When you purchase through certain links on our site, we may earn a small affiliate commission, at no cost to you. Learn more. Below you dating find a tool for Stanley plane identification, specifically dating Stanley planes and identifying the type of your Stanley Bailey woodworking bench hand planes. You can also download my free Stanley plane identification PDF chart here.

Please be aware: some antique Stanley planes that you buy will be harlequins, or conglomerates of parts from different years, so keep that in mind planes listing a Stanley hand plane for sale. Dating, Stanley type studies like this are most accurate for No. This tool does not work for the Stanley Bedrock planes or transitional planes. Here is a list of the types and dates of the Stanley planes scroll below the list to start the type study tool :. Subscribe to planes newsletter and never miss our articles or videos!

We never share your info! Read our privacy policy. Almost there! Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your stanley. Are all the components interchangeable or will I run into problems when trying to assemble? However, there are no other markings, no ring on the front around the handle, no patent dates, the lateral adjustment has no markings and is not the correct type at the top, bent. However, dating I removed the tote … Read more ».

Looking for what type my Stanley No 50 is. Mine has 15 smooth backed cutters, not Also does not have the cutter height lever I see in other pictures. Ok, I have a old stanly 6 B casting Planes believe it to be model 7 but has corrugated sole. Question is the corrugated bottom and planes bottom what is that in the scope of it all. Back to work…. The name on the blade is too badly pitted to read. I recently became interested in restoring hand planes. It was missing the Frog adjusting screw clip I made my own and the machine screw that holds the clip on.

Can anyone tell me what size probably metric that machine screw is length and diameter. Stanley this helps. Anyway, thanks for the effort you put into the chart, but it still needs more effort. I seen a this web page it looks backwards it has a hand knob on the tail end and a thumb spot on the other. Next to the thumb spot the number appears.

I never saw one before. Can I get some feedback on what this is. Thank you. I have a Stanley wood plane pat. April 19The blade is on the very front. I have researched endlessly and have not found one like it. Any information greatly appreciated. How can anyone use this stanley find out what year or type their plane is? All I see is a list of planes and a picture after with no explanation and then just a link to buy it on eBay.

This does not look clear and understandable. What would be more clear? You already went through each step identifying which parts the plane has. It would be helpful if the type study relied on the presence or absence of planes lateral adjustment. Dating click here stanley old hand planes from my dad. Using your snazzy interactive feature I was able to identify one as Type 16 Stanley Bailey Hand Planethank you!

Can you help me further with identifying this one, please? Hi, Im trying to date my Stanley n4 that I already ordered. Type 14 were made in USA, am I right? Thanks, Anton. I have a possible type My question is; does a type 15 have only one raised rib at the tote end? Thank you very much for organizing what must be an absolutely mountainous amount of information into such an easy tool for people to use. Sincere thanks my friend. So happy to hear the tool has been helpful Matt. I hope you check out our other articles and resources! Share This Article:.

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Roy Bailey. August 24, am. Joshua Farnsworth. Reply to Roy Bailey August 31, pm. Yeah, the chart is meant to be accurate for 4 planes, and semi- accurate for other sizes. Gary Click here. August 24, pm. September 9, pm. I love your website. Thank you for being so thorough, and so generous. Do Stanley 5 jack planes have the raised knob under the tote like the 4 smoothers? October 18, am. Michael A Thruman Sr. January 4, pm. MSgt Oohra.

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Reply to Roy Dakin April 5, pm. Dating Hall. March 9, pm. I just found a Stanley 45 with 16 cutting blades what did I find.

March 30, pm. Reply to Kevin July 10, pm. Steve Roberts. May 26, pm. Bill Scroggin. August 5, pm. Reply to Bill Scroggin October 4, am. It could be a harlequin hand stanley, with parts from different years. Reply to Joshua Farnsworth October 4, am.