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Stanley #62 Low Angle Plane Prices - hankgillette - 12-05-2016
I got my Patrick Leach December tool list today. I browsed through it and found he was selling a Stanley #62 Low Angle Jack Plane for $295. This is not a rant about Mr. Leach’s prices; I’ve found them to be a little on the high side, but fair, and you can depend on getting a quality tool from him.
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I looked at eBay, and vintage #62s are being offered for anywhere from $225 to one optimistic soul who is asking $500.
The thing is, if you want a low angle jack, you can get a brand new Lie-Nielsen for $245, or a new Lee Valley for $240. Both of them, I feel quite sure, are higher quality than Stanley ever made. The modern Stanley #62 looks to be about $165; I don’t know about the quality. I can only assume that the people buying the vintage Stanleys are collectors, rather than users, although I don’t think the Stanley plane is all that attractive.
I don’t really have a point here, or a moral, I just thought this was kind of interesting.
RE: Stanley #62 Low Angle Plane Prices - Admiral - 12-05-2016
One word, collectors. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but users are not buying that plane, they are buying the LV and LN versions.
RE: Stanley #62 Low Angle Plane Prices - Gregory of Sherwood Forest - 12-05-2016
There are a few folks who genuinely enjoy using vintage tools over even the modern day versions of the same basic design. Most Stanley's other than the basic bench planes, chisels, and a few specialty tools, are mostly collectibles, although they may get a swipe or two on a board occasionally also.
I have a vintage Stanley #62 Sweetheart. I also have a LV Veritas Low Angle plane which is a dream to use. Sometimes I like to take the vintage tool down and let it play across the wood fibers, and allow myself to feel like a woodworker of yore. Yeah, it's in my imagination, and hokey as well, but fun nonetheless.
I would sell my vintage Stanley #62 with sweetheart iron for about $250, because while I am wistful occasionally, I am not stupid.
RE: Stanley #62 Low Angle Plane Prices - Bill_Houghton - 12-05-2016
If they're collector's tools, I suppose a hanging hole would reduce the value a lot, eh?
RE: Stanley #62 Low Angle Plane Prices - JimReed@Tallahassee - 12-06-2016
(12-05-2016, 10:55 PM)Bill_Houghton Wrote: If they're collector's tools, I suppose a hanging hole would reduce the value a lot, eh?Hey! Some of my best tool bargains have hang holes. Most of them are well done and certainly provide another option for storage.
As for the Stanley #62s, I have a few of them. The original blades are a little thin for me. They languish on a shelf because the LN #62 sees all the action. It is one of my go-to planes. I just used it this week making a raised panel. It was competing with a skew woodie jack rabbet and a LN #140 and held its own. The blade is thick and the action has very little backlash.
Original collector version Stanley #62s are rare. I doubt they sold many to start with. And there is that mouth crack fever that took many down. The front knob assembly is fiddly and prone to breaks and loss--esp the front adjuster lever cam. I guess this means lots of collectors fighting over a limited number of survivors. Just wait until the Minecraft and YouTube generation grows up and the price for a pristine #62 will probably come waaay down. Most vintage tool collectors are vintage themselves.
RE: Stanley #62 Low Angle Plane Prices - Admiral - 12-06-2016
Hang holes mean little to users, a lot to collectors, as its not "original" due to the modification. I've always wondered why Stanley didn't make them with hang holes; makes a lot of sense to me.
RE: Stanley #62 Low Angle Plane Prices - Bill_Houghton - 12-06-2016
And imagine - the diameter of the hang hole, which would have changed over time, would be yet another indicator of plane type.
RE: Stanley #62 Low Angle Plane Prices - JimReed@Tallahassee - 12-06-2016
And all collectors would swoon for those Sweethart planes with the teardrop hanghole.
RE: Stanley #62 Low Angle Plane Prices - David Katz - 12-06-2016
I few months ago I sold a Stanley 62 for about $170 on an eBay auction. The mouth showed a bit of stress but was not cracked. I doubt even a pristine model would go for much over $250.
RE: Stanley #62 Low Angle Plane Prices - tshiker - 12-06-2016
(12-05-2016, 06:32 PM)hankgillette Wrote: I got my Patrick Leach December tool list today. I browsed through it and found he was selling a Stanley #62 Low Angle Jack Plane for $295. This is not a rant about Mr. Leach’s prices; I’ve found them to be a little on the high side, but fair, and you can depend on getting a quality tool from him.
I looked at eBay, and vintage #62s are being offered for anywhere from $225 to one optimistic soul who is asking $500.
The thing is, if you want a low angle jack, you can get a brand new Lie-Nielsen for $245, or a new Lee Valley for $240. Both of them, I feel quite sure, are higher quality than Stanley ever made. The modern Stanley #62 looks to be about $165; I don’t know about the quality. I can only assume that the people buying the vintage Stanleys are collectors, rather than users, although I don’t think the Stanley plane is all that attractive.
I don’t really have a point here, or a moral, I just thought this was kind of interesting.
Just bought my wife's Christmas gift to me and it happens to be a new Stanley 62 from the orange box store, $134.00 shipped.