As a member of the hand tool woodworking community, it always strikes me as surprising, Mr. Pete, that you think such tools are obsolete. They are as useful now as they have always been. Superior to an electric router in terms of flexibility, lack of screaming decibels, and minimal dust production. I'm not sure how much you paid for that box of planes, but in the antique markets here in Houston, Texas, those 3 Stanleys would fetch a total of several hundred dollars. Also, I love the "What Is It" series, especially the rants! Please keep it going. Kind regards,
While I'm not a Plane person, I think having two complete sets of the Stanley 45's is amazing. And I think having a 113 Compass plane complete and in that condition is beyond amazing. If I was a collector, I think I would covet that one.
Thanks for doing this video. I still use the wood working tools that my Great Uncle Al Sitnick left me. He had Stanley tooling. He was born in 1892. His advice was always let the tool do the work. The level he left me was made from Mahogany and Brass. The tubes are still intact and can be calibrated. I hope to leave these to my Grandchildren along with the planes, squares, Brace and Bits, and his old hand made tool tote. I have kept these for 50 years.
Two-start threads. As you said, they advance twice as far per turn as single start. I’ve watched every one of you videos and have enjoyed them all. And learned 10x more than my HS shop class.
Mr. Pete, please don't let those knuckle headed complainers ruin you day. Most of us (99%) enjoy your videos on everything you show. Thank you for showing those.
I have three versions of the Stanley compass plane and a 45 with a complete set of cutters. I have restored these planes as well as many others. I use them all them and love them all. They are much more than works of art. Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
Mr Pete, yes we are watching and some of us are paying attention. I enjoy every aspect of your videos which in my opinion are the best on TH-cam. There is an old "saying" that I bet you know as well as I. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Thank you for hours of enjoyment and education, please don't change a thing!
Thanks Mr Pete. The fact that they made the writing beautiful tells you that they took pride in everything they did. Ignore the trash comments, they are not worthy of your efforts.
Each of the Stanley 45 planes would have had 3 boxes of cutters totaling 45 blades. The more expensive Stanley 55 had 4 boxes of cutters. Both planes were able to be set up for making tongue and groove joints as well as thousands of molding profiles for trim. I own and use these planes. Thanks for all the great content in your videos.
I framed houses for nearly 20 years, I've had my fill of woodworking. Now I love making things with metal which keeps my Bridgeport and lathe humming but that doesn't mean I can't stop for a minute to marvel at and appreciate hand tools made so many years ago. Those things are really quite elegant and in remarkable condition. It's obvious why you like them and I appreciate you sharing as they are the first I've seen like that. One more thing, please, ignore the crotchety old buttholes. You keep doing your videos the way you want, that's what got you the number of subscribers you have, including me. All the best Mr. Pete!
If one doesn't like the pictures at the end, all one has to do is sit with their eyes closed for the duration of said section. Thanks for the great video Mr. Peterson. As you said, whether it interests you or not, these are beautiful planes. My collection is rather modest but I sure hope to have a 45 some day. Thanks for sharing and take care!!!
I’m sorry I’m not a purist. I love all tools new,old,metal,wood,stone,ect. They are all great but those tools made from the early 1900,s on were made with unbelievable skill and pride. When time meant quality and workmanship was cherished not considered waste. Love the video. Thanks.
I have one of these old 45’s. All the screws, and wing nuts are brass and it has very detailed embossed artwork on the frame. It does not have the wooden knob on the fence. I think that was one of the improvements made in the early 1900’s. I have built a shelf in my shop where it is on display, a true work of art.
It is artwork. I just love machines. We have a welder in our shop and on his lunch time he works on personal stuff and when he goes home he is working on metal projects. I spoke to him about it and he said that he just loves metal. He heats it hammers it and welds it. His welds are like a machine made them
Lyle, These are True Works of Art - Back When People Cared and Made Tools With Pride - Thank You - For Keeping History Alive and Passing on Your Knowledge to Younger Veiwers - Please Keep Making These Videos - They are Enjoyed and Educational and Not Too Long - As a Matter of Fact - Just Right...Thanks For ALL You Do - God Bless, Stay Safe...
I had one of those, in box, and I ended up selling it because I needed the money. I used it once too. I was in the process of changing out my carpet so I screwed a 2x4 to the sub-flooring and planed some pine with my Stanley #45. Neat little suckers.
Thank you for this video. I am one of the people who used to watch all of your videos, but for whatever reason they disappeared from my feed. I'm going to catch up today. I own a Stanley No. 45 with all of the attachments that came from my grandfather ( who died in the 1956 Shamrock Refinery fire in 1956, so I never met him). I used them when I built an entertainment center about 20 years ago, but not since. Thank you for all you do.
There is something to be said about antique hand tools that leaves me awe struck,keep the videos coming ,oh and I'm not a wood worker but still like old tools in general🤗😎🤗😎
Lyle: There are many more of us who do appreciate the old hand tools, including the old planes. I sent about 40 Stanley/Bailey transition planes to Kieth Rucker a few years back. I'm not a collector. Thanks for the videos. Jon
Hi Mr. Pete! I am a life long cabinet maker and occasionally use my stanley #45 plane. Your detective work is good in the re-assembly of those planes in light of your non wood working nature! When those planes are all set up and tuned they work amazingly well. Cheers
They are beautiful pieces of art. A tool I find to be most elegant is as Starrett 270 Taper Gage. It is a a one piece incredibly simple unbelievably accurate and most eye pleasing. Thanks Mr. Pete.
Well Mr Pete I for one appreciate this video. Matter of fact I own two of these no 45 Stanley planes with a complete set of knives and its in the original box with the instruction manual. Keep up the good work Mr Pete.
I'ma hobbyist woodworker who loves watching your channel - there is a resurgence in the use of hand woodworking tools. Would love to have a complete #45 let alone 2 of them.
As a joiner/carpenter and tool collector from England I really do enjoy your videos. What's more I've learnt so much about milling metal. Returning to this vid those planes are still functional as well as beautiful to behold. Well saved Sir.
When I worked for the winch company, we called the threads with two starts double lead or double start threads. We even made some gear boxes with triple lead gear sets. A Model AA truck rear axle has a worm and gear set with four starts. Much higher efficiency than a single start thread but much lower than a hypoid gear set.
Thanks for showing the planes. Brought back memories of when I was a kid at my grandfather's (he was a Master Millwright at Ft Logan Army Hospital in Colorado)... my dad showed me how all his old planes worked including a Stanley 45... to be honest with you, if you only need to do two or three cuts it's faster to setup and finish with a Stanley 45 than dig out the router table and bits and set that up. There are lots of times when working with organic metal that I'll grab my ready-to-run hand plane to clean something up instead of plugging in the power planer. Thanks again. These side branches into all your acquisitions is fun.
Thanks for the videos, apart from really enjoying your style and content, I appreciate you adding to the documentation of human knowledge. Without people like you there would be soooo much history detail lost. Appreciate the effort you're putting in, I really enjoy the "WHAT IS IT? MYSTERY TOOL" series. Also like the detailed silent photos you put at the end, allows me to ruminate on what you have been discussing. Nice idea, wish others would use the technique instead of ending suddenly and smashing the contemplation of what I have just watched. Well done!
FANTASTIC, I am not a plane collector but do have several old ones that somehow showed up over the years. Those are nice looking pieces, thank you for the interesting video.
Your videos are interesting, informative and educational. It's easy to criticise, but difficult to do any better. Keep up the good works. We all need a taste of sanity in a world that seems to be moving to fast.
Hello Mr. Pete - I haven’t read all the comments yet, so maybe it’s been answered already: two coaxial threads of different pitches form a differential screw. These are used on the popular Deckel D-bit grinders for fine feed of the workpiece. Thanks for the show & tell!
On the one where you can plane concave or convex shapes, the screws for the radius adjustment are called "Differential Screws", they can be made for extremely fine adjustments or very course adjustments. Thanks for the post. :-)
I'm a woodworker, I watch your channel, and I too am obsolete. I still use hand planes and the 45 is one of my favorites that I do not have. Regards, Solomon
That craftsman is made by Stanley, the blade adjustment lever is what they used on their "Defiance" brand which were less expensive but work every bit as well as as a standard one. As for the 45s, I keep one set up for cutting grooves for boxes and another for doing tongue and groove in 7/8ths stock. They work great and unlike a router you rarely need ear protection.
Thanks Lyle, you made a great haul. Funny, I’m now reading Jimmy Carter’s “One Hour Before Daylight”, about growing up in Plains, GA. Being an experienced woodworker he’s probably used some of those Stanley planes.
I have a couple of the simpler rabbet planes that I've enjoyed using and would love to come across one of those combination planes someday. Good job sorting out the pieces of the puzzles and thanks for sharing.
This machinist/woodworker digs this content! I just sold on ebay a core box plane patented around the same time as your Stanley no. 45's. The core box plane is very unique and rare with a ratcheting mechanism for rotating the cutter. Keep em coming mrpete.
The thread you refer to is a double lead thread. Twice the travel per turn, but 1/2 the force. The starts are 180 degrees apart and indexing is crucial. I have only cut one of these on a manual lathe and it was sucessful and quite interesting. Looks like you have some nice old planes there. Thanks for the video!
Lyle, I always stay for the pictures at the end! I enjoy them! My favorite ones are at the beginning that are the safety cartoons! I always wondered where you find the amazing art work! And If the guy doesn’t want to watch the pictures at the end he can simply move on!
Very interesting. The plane that you showed with the grooved base plate (you called it 'corrugated') reminded me that I purchased a new spare grooved base plate for my Stanley number 5 round about 1985. They were available then in the UK. The plate was recommended for planing 'highly resinous dense wood' such as pitch pine. Cheerio from Bolton (near Manchester). 👍🇬🇧👍🇺🇲👍
Thanks Pete, with all my machine tools, I also so do wood working and have a very large Bailey and Stanley plane collection, these are great tools when a manufacture was proud of their product. I enjoyed the video a do have most of these but still looking for a compass plane.
I worked with a carpenter many years ago, he had practically every tool like the ones you have displayed to call the the man a genius where working with timber is concerned is an understatement. Such is life the man died and his brother took all the tools which was only right, sadly when his brother died his tool shed was cleared out by family. What a shame, I literally cried on the front step, would I have used the tools ? I doubt it but I would have had a great selection of tools around my living room.
Interesting piece Mr Pete. I’ve been able to locate of few myself, don’t recall what models they are. Also, “Yes - still watching”, and thanks for the tidbit about Justus Truat. 140 plus patents to his credit. John
Now you went and did it again! Showed me some tools I have never seen. The box and cutters were interesting as the main tools. It's a shame you didn't get the lids for the box. Those old pieces would make a great display set anywhere.
The rear slitter and it's depth stop are upside down on both 45s. The point goes down.. The three-winged cutter on the right side was used for cross grain planing. It cut the fibers just ahead of the main cutting iron.
Beautiful hand tools. Very intriguing about the operation, I'd love to see you and maybe Stumpy Nubs trying them out on some wood. As far as that black handle goes, if it isn't ebony, my best guess would be that it's bakelite, like an old Western Electric telephone before they came out with the colors in the '60s.
i dont always like the pictures at the end, but i always appreciate the pictures at the end. sometimes, they are things i want to learn more about so i check them out, some are things im not interested in, in which case, i dont get mad about it, i just fast forward through that picture or series of pictures. as they say, rather have them and not need them than need them and not have them.
I'm not a woodworking tool collector so not versed with the specialty tools. I see them at auctions and some bring good prices. Thanks for the tutorial Pete. Al B.
I remember my first job with a Stanley 45. It was 1955 or56 and I wanted to install metal edges on my skis. It was quite a job cutting the edges and particularly so when I had to learn about the direction of the wood grain. How is a twelve year old going to learn without using tools? Tubal Cain, sir, don’t worry, at times everyone gets bored. They just learn to deal with it.. it’s not your problem, it’s theirs.
I realize the black handle plane was painted but here's a little Stanley trivia on handles: from late 40's early 50's, the New York City School System special ordered Stanley planes with hard rubber handles and knobs. A Stanley collector friend showed me this model and it was stamped New York City School Board. I taught a year or so of beginning wood shop and had to order many replacement handles and other parts from Stanley.
I did a lot of restoration/reproduction work with the 45 &55 in the late 80s and 90s. I still have an extra pointy elbow on my right arm to show for it (overdeveloped tendon anchor from pushing the planes).
Now you're in my part of the woods ! Being a woodworker. There are plane collectors who would love to have those planes. i'm sure you can find them. your specimens look as if they've been preserved unbelievably or cleaned (well). The Compass plane is quite hard to handle in reality . The blade must be kept very razor sharp to be effective. I have a few hand made knock-offs ca. 1950-60. they are not nearly as well made.
As a member of the hand tool woodworking community, it always strikes me as surprising, Mr. Pete, that you think such tools are obsolete. They are as useful now as they have always been. Superior to an electric router in terms of flexibility, lack of screaming decibels, and minimal dust production. I'm not sure how much you paid for that box of planes, but in the antique markets here in Houston, Texas, those 3 Stanleys would fetch a total of several hundred dollars.
Also, I love the "What Is It" series, especially the rants! Please keep it going. Kind regards,
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While I'm not a Plane person, I think having two complete sets of the Stanley 45's is amazing. And I think having a 113 Compass plane complete and in that condition is beyond amazing. If I was a collector, I think I would covet that one.
Thanks for doing this video. I still use the wood working tools that my Great Uncle Al Sitnick left me. He had Stanley tooling. He was born in 1892. His advice was always let the tool do the work. The level he left me was made from Mahogany and Brass. The tubes are still intact and can be calibrated. I hope to leave these to my Grandchildren along with the planes, squares, Brace and Bits, and his old hand made tool tote. I have kept these for 50 years.
Keep showing the stills and patent drawings for those of us that enjoy seeing them. Thanks for what you do, and have a good day.
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Two-start threads. As you said, they advance twice as far per turn as single start.
I’ve watched every one of you videos and have enjoyed them all. And learned 10x more than my HS shop class.
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Very nice! I believe that compass plane could still find use in a woodworker's shop. They are all works of art.
Mr. Pete, please don't let those knuckle headed complainers ruin you day. Most of us (99%) enjoy your videos on everything you show. Thank you for showing those.
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I have three versions of the Stanley compass plane and a 45 with a complete set of cutters. I have restored these planes as well as many others. I use them all them and love them all. They are much more than works of art. Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
Mr Pete, yes we are watching and some of us are paying attention. I enjoy every aspect of your videos which in my opinion are the best on TH-cam. There is an old "saying" that I bet you know as well as I. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Thank you for hours of enjoyment and education, please don't change a thing!
Thank you very much for watching you and commenting
Thanks Mr Pete. The fact that they made the writing beautiful tells you that they took pride in everything they did.
Ignore the trash comments, they are not worthy of your efforts.
Each of the Stanley 45 planes would have had 3 boxes of cutters totaling 45 blades. The more expensive Stanley 55 had 4 boxes of cutters. Both planes were able to be set up for making tongue and groove joints as well as thousands of molding profiles for trim. I own and use these planes. Thanks for all the great content in your videos.
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I framed houses for nearly 20 years, I've had my fill of woodworking. Now I love making things with metal which keeps my Bridgeport and lathe humming but that doesn't mean I can't stop for a minute to marvel at and appreciate hand tools made so many years ago. Those things are really quite elegant and in remarkable condition. It's obvious why you like them and I appreciate you sharing as they are the first I've seen like that. One more thing, please, ignore the crotchety old buttholes. You keep doing your videos the way you want, that's what got you the number of subscribers you have, including me. All the best Mr. Pete!
Thank you for watching and commenting. Yes there’s always a few nasty people out there. Thank you and keep watching
What a find….such a sweet tool …can you see and hear the sounds of the shop work of times past…
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Thanks for the video. These old planes are amazing. The amount of decoration and attention to detail is unlike anything manufactured today.
Pretty cool old planes. Thanks for sharing them with us.
God bless you and your family!
If one doesn't like the pictures at the end, all one has to do is sit with their eyes closed for the duration of said section.
Thanks for the great video Mr. Peterson. As you said, whether it interests you or not, these are beautiful planes. My collection is rather modest but I sure hope to have a 45 some day. Thanks for sharing and take care!!!
Thank you so much for preserving our countries heritage and I agree - they are works of art worthy of display..
It's nice that there are a few who can still appreciate a beautifully crafted tool. It's a great reminder of what this country and society used to be.
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I’m sorry I’m not a purist. I love all tools new,old,metal,wood,stone,ect. They are all great but those tools made from the early 1900,s on were made with unbelievable skill and pride. When time meant quality and workmanship was cherished not considered waste. Love the video. Thanks.
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I have one of these old 45’s. All the screws, and wing nuts are brass and it has very detailed embossed artwork on the frame. It does not have the wooden knob on the fence. I think that was one of the improvements made in the early 1900’s. I have built a shelf in my shop where it is on display, a true work of art.
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It is artwork. I just love machines. We have a welder in our shop and on his lunch time he works on personal stuff and when he goes home he is working on metal projects. I spoke to him about it and he said that he just loves metal. He heats it hammers it and welds it. His welds are like a machine made them
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Lyle, These are True Works of Art - Back When People Cared and Made Tools With Pride - Thank You - For Keeping History Alive and Passing on Your Knowledge to Younger Veiwers - Please Keep Making These Videos - They are Enjoyed and Educational and Not Too Long - As a Matter of Fact - Just Right...Thanks For ALL You Do - God Bless, Stay Safe...
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True works of art. Thank you, Mr. Pete!
I had one of those, in box, and I ended up selling it because I needed the money. I used it once too. I was in the process of changing out my carpet so I screwed a 2x4 to the sub-flooring and planed some pine with my Stanley #45. Neat little suckers.
Thank you for this video. I am one of the people who used to watch all of your videos, but for whatever reason they disappeared from my feed. I'm going to catch up today. I own a Stanley No. 45 with all of the attachments that came from my grandfather ( who died in the 1956 Shamrock Refinery fire in 1956, so I never met him). I used them when I built an entertainment center about 20 years ago, but not since. Thank you for all you do.
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I am a woodworker of many years and I love those old pieces of history. Thanks for the great video.
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Love this , as I am a plane person in the millwork shop where I worked. We used Stanley and Record brand planes on large curved railing .
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Hey Mr Pete those Stanley’s are truly beautiful art thanks for showing us.We can’t wait to dig in some drawers with you
Between your channel and Rex Krueger's, I'm gaining a real appreciation for old hand tools!
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There is something to be said about antique hand tools that leaves me awe struck,keep the videos coming ,oh and I'm not a wood worker but still like old tools in general🤗😎🤗😎
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Lyle: There are many more of us who do appreciate the old hand tools, including the old planes. I sent about 40 Stanley/Bailey transition planes to Kieth Rucker a few years back. I'm not a collector. Thanks for the videos. Jon
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Hi Mr. Pete!
I am a life long cabinet maker and occasionally use my stanley #45 plane. Your detective work is good in the re-assembly of those planes in light of your non wood working nature! When those planes are all set up and tuned they work amazingly well. Cheers
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Very nice video... I enjoy seeing all tools of days gone by, it's interesting to see how things were done before power everything!!
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They are beautiful pieces of art. A tool I find to be most elegant is as Starrett 270 Taper Gage. It is a a one piece incredibly simple unbelievably accurate and most eye pleasing. Thanks Mr. Pete.
I agree, that taper gauge is beautiful and has excellent Appeal. I love the shape of the little handle
Yes I am watching and you coud get them very easily in the 80' and 90' s.Thank you.
Well Mr Pete I for one appreciate this video. Matter of fact I own two of these no 45 Stanley planes with a complete set of knives and its in the original box with the instruction manual. Keep up the good work Mr Pete.
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You have inspired me to get the 45 out of storage and attempt to learn to use it, thank you!
I'ma hobbyist woodworker who loves watching your channel - there is a resurgence in the use of hand woodworking tools. Would love to have a complete #45 let alone 2 of them.
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As a joiner/carpenter and tool collector from England I really do enjoy your videos. What's more I've learnt so much about milling metal.
Returning to this vid those planes are still functional as well as beautiful to behold.
Well saved Sir.
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When I worked for the winch company, we called the threads with two starts double lead or double start threads. We even made some gear boxes with triple lead gear sets. A Model AA truck rear axle has a worm and gear set with four starts. Much higher efficiency than a single start thread but much lower than a hypoid gear set.
Thanks
Thanks for showing the planes. Brought back memories of when I was a kid at my grandfather's (he was a Master Millwright at Ft Logan Army Hospital in Colorado)... my dad showed me how all his old planes worked including a Stanley 45... to be honest with you, if you only need to do two or three cuts it's faster to setup and finish with a Stanley 45 than dig out the router table and bits and set that up. There are lots of times when working with organic metal that I'll grab my ready-to-run hand plane to clean something up instead of plugging in the power planer. Thanks again. These side branches into all your acquisitions is fun.
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Thank you for what you do Sir
I appreciate your time
Lyle, I don't like working with wood because it is far to unforgiving. But I do like tools of all types so here I am. lol
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I have made special taps to cut threads for Stanley planes. I have a family member that collects and repairs them.
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Thanks for the videos, apart from really enjoying your style and content, I appreciate you adding to the documentation of human knowledge.
Without people like you there would be soooo much history detail lost.
Appreciate the effort you're putting in, I really enjoy the "WHAT IS IT? MYSTERY TOOL" series.
Also like the detailed silent photos you put at the end, allows me to ruminate on what you have been discussing. Nice idea, wish others would use the technique instead of ending suddenly and smashing the contemplation of what I have just watched.
Well done!
Thank you very much, I am glad you like my videos
FANTASTIC, I am not a plane collector but do have several old ones that somehow showed up over the years. Those are nice looking pieces, thank you for the interesting video.
Your videos are interesting, informative and educational. It's easy to criticise, but difficult to do any better. Keep up the good works. We all need a taste of sanity in a world that seems to be moving to fast.
Thank you for your support
I am one of the few out here that really enjoyed seeing those. I didn't even know such tools existed.
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Hello Mr. Pete - I haven’t read all the comments yet, so maybe it’s been answered already: two coaxial threads of different pitches form a differential screw. These are used on the popular Deckel D-bit grinders for fine feed of the workpiece. Thanks for the show & tell!
Thanks
On the one where you can plane concave or convex shapes, the screws for the radius adjustment are called "Differential Screws", they can be made for extremely fine adjustments or very course adjustments.
Thanks for the post. :-)
Thank you, know that sounds familiar to me
I'm a woodworker, I watch your channel, and I too am obsolete. I still use hand planes and the 45 is one of my favorites that I do not have. Regards, Solomon
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That craftsman is made by Stanley, the blade adjustment lever is what they used on their "Defiance" brand which were less expensive but work every bit as well as as a standard one. As for the 45s, I keep one set up for cutting grooves for boxes and another for doing tongue and groove in 7/8ths stock. They work great and unlike a router you rarely need ear protection.
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I remember the wood planes my father had back in the 50's, he worked on wood like Michelangelo did on the statue of David.
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Nice. I love the complications of the planes. Not at all plain.
Love the video. Thanks for sharing.
Mr. Pete, I enjoyed the video very much and appreciate the beauty and elegance of old tools.
Neat! I enjoy videos of anything that is old-mechanical, like this one.
We always watch to the end including the extra credit when it is offered.
Thanks Lyle, you made a great haul. Funny, I’m now reading Jimmy Carter’s “One Hour Before Daylight”, about growing up in Plains, GA. Being an experienced woodworker he’s probably used some of those Stanley planes.
Wonderful old planes. Putting a shaper in the palm of your hand.
I have a couple of the simpler rabbet planes that I've enjoyed using and would love to come across one of those combination planes someday. Good job sorting out the pieces of the puzzles and thanks for sharing.
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"looking through plunder" - that's why I used to love going to farm auctions, and able to be nosy without being rude haha.
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Hi Lyle, YES I am still watching and right to the end as well. Regards from Australia.
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I like the photos at the end of your videos! Nice Stanley Plane exposé!!!
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This machinist/woodworker digs this content! I just sold on ebay a core box plane patented around the same time as your Stanley no. 45's.
The core box plane is very unique and rare with a ratcheting mechanism for rotating the cutter. Keep em coming mrpete.
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Love all three. Just bought a 1 13 but it needs a back handle which I intend to make.
Now I need a 45
There are still 5 or 6 in my shop. Pretty much replaced by jointer, planer, router, but there are times when only hand tools will do.
I own and use a 45. Those are complete blade sets. I believe the reason the 45’s are in pieces is that fitting them into their box was a challenge.
The thread you refer to is a double lead thread. Twice the travel per turn, but 1/2 the force. The starts are 180 degrees apart and indexing is crucial. I have only cut one of these on a manual lathe and it was sucessful and quite interesting. Looks like you have some nice old planes there. Thanks for the video!
I believe this is called a differential thread
I like the blankety blank pictures at the end of your videos 👍
We used to use skates on the railroad. The were put on top on a rail and would eventually stop (if they didn’t shake off) a rolling freight car
Good show Mr. Pete! I always wondered about those old planes. Now at least I have some concept of how they work!
Great collection, very interesting. Looking forward to the latest plunder from Lost Creek.
Lyle, I always stay for the pictures at the end! I enjoy them! My favorite ones are at the beginning that are the safety cartoons! I always wondered where you find the amazing art work! And If the guy doesn’t want to watch the pictures at the end he can simply move on!
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Works of art! When a man bought those...his neighbors would of all come over to look at them.
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Very interesting. The plane that you showed with the grooved base plate (you called it 'corrugated') reminded me that I purchased a new spare grooved base plate for my Stanley number 5 round about 1985. They were available then in the UK. The plate was recommended for planing 'highly resinous dense wood' such as pitch pine. Cheerio from Bolton (near Manchester). 👍🇬🇧👍🇺🇲👍
Yes the Stanley company was very big here in Connecticut
Thanks Pete, with all my machine tools, I also so do wood working and have a very large Bailey and Stanley plane collection, these are great tools when a manufacture was proud of their product. I enjoyed the video a do have most of these but still looking for a compass plane.
Sounds like you have an amazing collection of Planes
Hi Lyle.. Very nice bundle of planes there, i Think the 113 is around 100 years old , and the 2x 45's are in nice shape to..
Yes I’m watching!
I loved the video on the Stanley planes. Would have liked to hear a little about how the #45 was used. These videos are never too long, in my view.
I worked with a carpenter many years ago, he had practically every tool like the ones you have displayed to call the the man a genius where working with timber is concerned is an understatement.
Such is life the man died and his brother took all the tools which was only right, sadly when his brother died his tool shed was cleared out by family.
What a shame, I literally cried on the front step, would I have used the tools ? I doubt it but I would have had a great selection of tools around my living room.
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Interesting piece Mr Pete. I’ve been able to locate of few myself, don’t recall what models they are. Also, “Yes - still watching”, and thanks for the tidbit about Justus Truat. 140 plus patents to his credit. John
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Now you went and did it again! Showed me some tools I have never seen. The box and cutters were interesting as the main tools. It's a shame you didn't get the lids for the box. Those old pieces would make a great display set anywhere.
The rear slitter and it's depth stop are upside down on both 45s. The point goes down.. The three-winged cutter on the right side was used for cross grain planing. It cut the fibers just ahead of the main cutting iron.
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Very interesting ! You have motivated me to bring out my "still in the original carton" version of these planes.
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Beautiful hand tools. Very intriguing about the operation, I'd love to see you and maybe Stumpy Nubs trying them out on some wood.
As far as that black handle goes, if it isn't ebony, my best guess would be that it's bakelite, like an old Western Electric telephone before they came out with the colors in the '60s.
i dont always like the pictures at the end, but i always appreciate the pictures at the end. sometimes, they are things i want to learn more about so i check them out, some are things im not interested in, in which case, i dont get mad about it, i just fast forward through that picture or series of pictures.
as they say, rather have them and not need them than need them and not have them.
Thank you for posting.
Those are beautiful
Thank you!!! Really nice old planes. I do like my router though...
I love this on plains
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I'm not a woodworking tool collector so not versed with the specialty tools. I see them at auctions and some bring good prices. Thanks for the tutorial Pete. Al B.
I remember my first job with a Stanley 45. It was 1955 or56 and I wanted to install metal edges on my skis. It was quite a job cutting the edges and particularly so when I had to learn about the direction of the wood grain. How is a twelve year old going to learn without using tools? Tubal Cain, sir, don’t worry, at times everyone gets bored. They just learn to deal with it.. it’s not your problem, it’s theirs.
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I realize the black handle plane was painted but here's a little Stanley trivia on handles: from late 40's early 50's, the New York City School System special ordered Stanley planes with hard rubber handles and knobs. A Stanley collector friend showed me this model and it was stamped New York City School Board. I taught a year or so of beginning wood shop and had to order many replacement handles and other parts from Stanley.
Thank you Roger. That is interesting
Enjoyed !! Thank you !!
I did a lot of restoration/reproduction work with the 45 &55 in the late 80s and 90s. I still have an extra pointy elbow on my right arm to show for it (overdeveloped tendon anchor from pushing the planes).
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Now you're in my part of the woods ! Being a woodworker. There are plane collectors who would love to have those planes. i'm sure you can find them. your specimens look as if they've been preserved unbelievably or cleaned (well). The Compass plane is quite hard to handle in reality . The blade must be kept very razor sharp to be effective. I have a few hand made knock-offs ca. 1950-60. they are not nearly as well made.
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