To my great regret, I recommended that the Construction Trade School at which I teach carpentry ordered and bought several Stanley No 5 planes. They are crap.On some of them the frog cannot be adjusted because the webs between the frog seat on the base are preventing the frog sitting properly except in one position. All of them have curved soles; studnts trying to face and square a piece of wood end up with something that looks like a section from a very large cart wheel. One of he students was unable to make his plane cut. On inspection I found that the mouth was too narrow to allow the blade to protrude through the sole! The lateral adjusters are a piece of thin sheet metal pressing which bends in use, and also has cut the fingers of students. The cutters and back irons, however, are quite reasonable. A dozen of these planes, wrapped tightly in chain, would make fair anchor. I have advised the students to attend flea markets, garage sales and the like, to buy old Stanley, Record and Bedrock planes, and bring them in so that I can teach them how to fettle a plane. Iv've fettled my own planes, and perhaps I've gone a bit too far, because I've styled the handles and knops on the grips on a target rifle I was once shown. Anyone who is interestd can see them on the E.K.B.T.S. web site, I think they're on the "facilities" page. RTL