Bailey 4 Plane

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Bailey 4 plane. I do not recommend modern stanley planes of any type and i will cover this in days to come. 4 plane when i found this one at a second hand market. This plane will sure be handy for future woodworking projects. Bailey pattern planes were designed by leonard bailey designed planes and worked for the stanley company.

How to identify antique stanley bailey hand plane age and type. From here on and throughout the series of articles i will refer to this plane as the stanley plane. Rosewood knob is shaped like a hot air balloon and has a distinct bead turned into its base. This afternoon i bought it now a stanley 4 bailey pattern plane for about 6500 including shipping as i was desperate because my cheap buck brothers planes both of em fell apart at the same time and im about to start your workbench build.

Bailey in boston ma from 1867 1869. The following tables provide a summary breakdown of identifying characteristics and markings of the bodies frogs and receivers lateral adjustment levers and lever caps on stanleys bailey line of bench planes. Today we disassemble remove rust paint and corrosion. It has a cast iron base with precision ground sides and 9 34 long bottom.

Below you will find a tool for stanley plane identification specifically dating stanley planes and identifying the type of your stanley bailey woodworking bench hand planes. It was almost in working condition but i thought i might as well document the restoration. While their relationship with mr. Features are broken down by type1 these tables provide a helpful quick reference guide for identifying type.

The stanley model 12 904 bailey smoothing plane is a fine general purpose bench plane. Leonard bailey was a designer and plane maker who patented several designs for hand planes in the mid 1800s. Please see the full type study and plane chart. It features a fully machined and polished double iron cutter and lever and the 2 wide cutter is made from hardened tempered steel for durability.

Bailey only lasted until 1875 stanley retained those patent rights and eventually the use of the bailey name. In 1869 stanley rule level bought seven patent rights to leonard baileys designs. The 4 12 was a plane that stanley added to their successful and well established product line after they bought leonard baileys patents in 1869. Prior to this date bailey had been producing the same series of bench planes in various configurations for roughly 8 years.