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Skew; I know about Leon; he sold the business to a father and son act. They call it the Crown Plane company. I have some of Leon's stuff and a few Crown pieces also. I have the panel raising hand planes left and right (Leon) , they do a nice job. Crown sort of specialized in chairmakers tools...like the compass plane, the travisher, Forkstaff plane.

They are on the web. http://www.crownplane.com/

Nice tools for the money.

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Skewdege

I agree Fan. When I bought his PR planes I put them to use right away and made a raised panel out of an oak piece of scrap board. No one could believe I had made it all by hands especially when I did some carving work on it and did a nice finish work. Yeah I remember he was telling me was selling his business. But his prices were much better than Crown Planes.

hands made for wood

So while I was sown in the States we stopped at this woodworking museum/shop and what they do is that they only use tools made in 1875 or older to make furniature from that time... but anyways here's a link to their site http://www.rvp1875.com/bios/robby.html if you go under tools you can see his planes... let's just say he has a few

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biglou13

I'm including a link as I haven't determined the best way to display photos yet.

http://picasaweb.google.com/AspiringWoodworker/Planes

These show the majority of my collection. There are others, such as my 3-4 Stanley #2's, including the long bed version.

I have a good collection of spoke shaves also, but these are packed up at the moment.

I'm working on getting my shop finished, here's a link to it:

http://picasaweb.google.com/Aspiring...orkShopUpdated

Please excuse the jumble, I haven't had time to organize them. I've included the tools I presently have for another forum.

Gerry KIERNAN

Nice collection of planes biglou.

Gerry

bigredc

You have an illness Biglou. I think your addicted to planes. Fun ain't it. Nice planes.
Chris

knotscott

When Corndog started this thread, my collection was fairly sparse, but it's about double it's original size now. I started out with a Homier $10 set Chinese set that's terrible, inherited my Grandfather's Stanley 220 that's a great little plane, one block plane was actually a gift I gave to my Dad close to 40 years ago as a young lad and have inherited that one too. I've been picking them up at garage sales and flea markets for the past year or two. I'm fairly new to the handplane hording bug but am loving it...I'm very new to tuning them, and recently picked up a Scheppach Tiger sharpening system that's really helped. BigLou is a tough act to follow but I'm happy to have these. Most are good users. The Bailey #6, Record #4, and Miller Falls #14 are currently the pride of my fleet but are also new to me.

Group pic: (Absent - Record #4) (


Bailey 5 & 6, Miller Falls #14, Craftsman #5:


Bailey Sweetheart #4, Stanley Defiance #4, Craftsman #4, Fulton (I think it's a #3 equivalent):


Here's the Record #4 that's out being tuned up by someone who knows what they're doing:


I'm told the #6 is WWII era...it looks nearly new to me. It appears that the Defiance #4 is also WWII era. There are several of these that I don't know much about, so feel free to clue me in if you're so inclined. The old wood 22 incher says "Sanduskey" on the blade, the horn handle wood plane says "Vom Cleff & Co" best I can tell, and I think the shorter wood plane says "Ontario" but it's hard to make out.

Henry Disston

Here is mine

AiRhed

Hello, new to this community. I'm a fairly green carpenter here in Minneapolis MN. This Tuesday I had to install a four panel door, re-using all the 100 year old hardware. Turning the 1x4 pine into casing and the mortising work was fun but the easiest part turned out to be the most challenging. The Jambs on the door were each 1/8 inches too thick and the door wouldn't fit the opening. I figured I could cut the stud back a 1/2" or plane the Jambs down. Since I don't own a power planer yet, I whipped out my Buck Bros block plane and made some serious shavings. After about an hour of that, I reassemble the frame and the door fit like a glove.

My question regarding planes is, does anyone here own or operate a scrub plane? If so, what kind, and where did you get it. I know for a fact no tool store around here sells them or knows of them for that matter. I know my grandfather had two, one wood and one iron. This to me, would have been the best tool for the job.

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Here's my first Bench Plane. Just won it on eBay.

knotscott

Welcome to the forum. I see scrub planes fairly often on Ebay...the Stanley 40 is a scrub plane.

Derek Cohen

Hi Airhed

Scrub planes are very useful. I have a few and use them all the time (no power jointer).

For you, a good choice would be ..

(1) New: LV or LN scrub planes

(2) Vintage: Stanley #40

see my review at: http://www.inthewoodshop.com/ToolRev...b%20Plane.html

(3) A heavily cambered blade on a Stanley #5 or #5 1/2 Jack planes.

and

(4) my choice for you, a heavily cambered second blade for your block plane so that you can scrub small, selected areas.

Regards from Perth

Derek

AiRhed

Thank you knotscott and Derek for the great information. I have found a few #40's on eBay and I am bidding on this one right now.




What do you think this plane is worth? I'm at $13 for a bid so far.

Derek,

That was a great article, it answered a lot of my questions about this peculiar plane. I will definitely take your advice and try the camber on my block plane. This would be great for hogging out the back of casing on doors and windows in lath and plaster homes.


Mike.

gusthehonky

These are the ones tuned up and used regularly, there are others now retired or have been replaced by the jointer. Time and labor factored in heavily into this decision, as did accuracy. Three #4 beveled with increasing angles, a #2 with LN chipper and blade for smaller/narrow situations, LNLA Jack For Large stock. These have allowed to virtually eliminate the use of sanding, and offers a far superior end result. Various blocks for various needs. The bottom picture is a closer look at some hand made ones purchased or traded over the years. The chariot was found on e-Bay and is marked Skelton, when it wants to work it is a beauty, but it does not always want to work, maybe humidity? Let me know if anyone has any info on this. The #2 with LN setup is perfect when a #4 is not. The 79 and wooden shoulder great to trim and clean. The small chisel has countless applications.

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