Bailey 4 Plane

How to identify antique stanley bailey hand plane age and type.

Bailey 4 plane. While their relationship with mr. An article pertaining specifically to no 2 size bailey plane typing can be found on the random thoughts page of this site. Type 1 planes made by l. I had been searching a long time for a bailey no.

Leonard bailey was a designer and plane maker who patented several designs for hand planes in the mid 1800s. 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. Bailey only lasted until 1875 stanley retained those patent rights and eventually the use of the bailey name. 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.

Today we disassemble remove rust paint and corrosion. Rosewood knob is shaped like a hot air balloon and has a distinct bead turned into its base. 4 plane when i found this one at a second hand market. Prior to this date bailey had been producing the same series of bench planes in various configurations for roughly 8 years.

Bailey in boston ma from 1867 1869. It was almost in working condition but i thought i might as well document the restoration. Time to restore a vintage stanley bailey no4 bench plane. Features are broken down by type1 these tables provide a helpful quick reference guide for identifying type.

Please see the full type study and plane chart. This plane will sure be handy for future woodworking projects. I do not recommend modern stanley planes of any type and i will cover this in days to come. The stanley model 12 904 bailey smoothing plane is a fine general purpose bench plane.

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. In 1869 stanley rule level bought seven patent rights to leonard baileys designs. 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. From here on and throughout the series of articles i will refer to this plane as the stanley plane.