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Title: Stanley Type 11 51/2 Plane Modified Mouth Why ?
Post by: rustyric on August 13, 2018, 04:52:01 PM

Hi

I believe this is a Type 11 Stanley No. 5 1/2 plane, as you can see from my photos someone has opened up the mouth to 3/8" wide. Would I be right in thinking that this has been done to enable someone to remove large amounts of wood quickly/roughly ?

(https://i.imgur.com/d6l8EYC.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Kwd49m1.jpg)

Title: Re: Stanley Type 11 51/2 Plane Modified Mouth Why ?
Post by: Bill Houghton on August 13, 2018, 08:55:33 PM

Probably.

Title: Re: Stanley Type 11 51/2 Plane Modified Mouth Why ?
Post by: Yadda on August 13, 2018, 09:07:20 PM

Modified to make a scrub plane? Shouldn't the blade have a little bit of an arc on it?

Title: Re: Stanley Type 11 51/2 Plane Modified Mouth Why ?
Post by: coolford on August 14, 2018, 07:22:21 AM

Or, maybe the mouth was chipped and someone opened it up to make it look better???

Title: Re: Stanley Type 11 51/2 Plane Modified Mouth Why ?
Post by: bird on October 23, 2018, 01:33:21 AM

Quote from: coolford on August 14, 2018, 07:22:21 AM

Or, maybe the mouth was chipped and someone opened it up to make it look better???

I'm going with that. I don't know who would open a mouth that big... it's asking for a huge chip to get stuck in there. The mouths were made the size they were for a reason!