Tool Talk
Woodworking Forum => Woodworking Forum => Topic started by: kxxr on September 04, 2011, 12:12:06 AM
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Here's a cute little plane. Maybe not rare or unusual, but darn sure cute.
(http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn48/kxxr/tools/craftsmanplane.jpg)
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That's a nice looking plane. Obviously it has been well preserved in its original box. Other than the finish, it's nearly identical to the Stanley #101, which was black with a black or red pressure cap, depending on its vintage. My guess is that it was probably manufactured by Sargent, Dunlap, or possibly Stanley. Your Craftsman plane, as well as the Stanley version, were inexpensive, low end models that were marketed to the home handy man. With a properly sharpened iron, and a light pass, it will chamfer the edge of a board, or plane plane down a sharp corner. It's probably not a plane I would use for fine woodworking, but still a keeper based on its condition and original box.
Jim C.
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107 - Millers Falls (Dunlap electric drills 25830 & 1345, drill stand 25630, and hand planes)
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Sometimes the wrong tool is the right tool for another job, like somebody's tag line says. I like these tiny planes, and have three or four of them, including one in aluminum. I've used them all. Sometimes they are just the right tool.
Small is pretty neat, and if you can't have a Stanley #1, at least you can have a Stanley #101.
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millers falls is good. thanks for the info. I think I'll keep my eye out for one of those 101s too.