Hand Plane Gloat

I recently received a package in the mail from my mother who had been helping my grandfather (early 90s) clean out his garage. The box included a hand plane which is pictured in a post to ABPW. I cannot find any markings on it and the sole is 9" (does that make in a block plane?). It is my first decent plane and I put it to use yesterday on the mast for the sailboat I am building. It is kind of neat I am using my grandpa's plane to build my boat. My mother thinks it might have belonged to my great grandfather who passed away in the 1970s.

Wr, Tim

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Tim Rohrer
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Hate to disappoint, Tim, but what you have is a cheap, probably furrin-made clone of the Stanley-Bailey No 4.

If you look at the adjustment wheel, the y-lever which rides between the flanges of the same, and the lateral adjustment lever, they're all of bent steel, this being a bit of a giveaway.

Nonetheless, if you have a decent blade and cap-iron in it and tune it properly, you may get good service from it, apart from the obvious sentimental value.

Cheers

Frank

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Frank McVey

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