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What have I got here; a frankenplane? - oarlock - 03-28-2016
A friend wandered into my shop door today with a plane, said "Thought that you might know something about this, Keep it" and wandered out.
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It looks like a 5 1/4 Junior Jack (dimensionally), no frog adjusting screw and one piece twisted lateral level. The iron has a Sweetheart logo. What's throwing me is that the lever cap has a raised rectangular Stanley logo not the normal sunken logo: Could be from a transitional plane? I dunno: Help Please!
Re: What have I got here; a frankenplane? - SteveF - 03-28-2016
Stanley "Four Square" household jack plane.
Re: What have I got here; a frankenplane? - oarlock - 03-28-2016
Now that I know what it is, that's exactly what it is. Thanks a bunch Steve.
Re: What have I got here; a frankenplane? - Admiral - 03-28-2016
These can be tuned for fine work, but it's really too much trouble. However, they make good scrub planes, grind a big radius on the iron and go to town!
Re: What have I got here; a frankenplane? - Steve N - 03-28-2016
I looked at that and thought it was a 5 1/4 footprint, after Steve jumped in with the 4 square description I Googled that, and one of the first hits had this to say, not sure of the quoted source, poster didn't say.
"Stanley household jack plane. This SW vintage 5 1/4 sized plane was manufactured from 1923-1930 as part of the cheaper Four-Square series. Marked Stanley on front and on lever cap. One of the very few Stanley planes that never had a number! I feel they are way under-valued, grab them whilst you can."
So maybe a winner winner chikun dinner plane
I'll have to take a closer look at the box of 5 1/4's I have
Re: What have I got here; a frankenplane? - oarlock - 03-30-2016
Well, a little clean-up and little fettling and it works just fine. Either it had the worst Jappanning job ever, or was just painted at the factory as whatever passed as a finish coat was almost non-existent.
