
Stanley rule and level company. Stanley rule level manufactured levels and squares and perhaps most famously the bailey plane. Stanley trademark stamps used on bench and block planes. Stanley rule level company no. A new logo is introduced to symbolize the merger of the stanley rule level company and the stanley works.
20 wood level pat feb 12 1890 invlma. The company began modestly in 1843 when frederick t. A consulting company specializing in helping small businesses and organizations improve operational efficiency leadership development. The stanley rule level companys combination planes featuring the development and use of the miller traut and stanley 45 and 55 planes.
Bailey held numerous patents on such mainstay tools as planes which stanley rule and. In 1920 this company merged with the separate but related stanley works founded by henry stanleys cousin frederick trent stanley and continued operating as its hand tools division. Fine vintage stanley rule level co. The stanley rule and level company was founded in 1857 by henry stanley in new britain connecticut.
96 a brass bound rosewood level with a laminated structure to give it better stability. 97 cabinet makers edge plane in late 1869 or early 1870 shortly after leonard bailey started working at the stanley rule level company he produced the chisel plane shown in. Stanley company established in 1854 to manufacture rules. Hand planes hand tools stanley stanley rule level stanley works tools trademark.
1857 henry stanley starts the stanley rule level company. Organized as a joint stock company in 1857 stanley rule level was the result of bringing together the new britain companies of hall knapp manufacturers of plumbs levels and squares. Their premier full size level was the no. 150 years of the stanley works.
In 1857 henry stanley fredericks cousin launched the stanley rule and level company which acquired leonard bailey co. The stanley rule level company stanley was the most prolific developer and producer of levels that this country ever saw. Millers patent combined plow filletster and matching plane. The success of the bailey plane allowed stanley rule level to branch out into the production of other hand tools and by 1900 the company was the largest manufacturer of planes and related tools in america.