Plane ID Question

looks like a woodworking plane… designed to plane wood?

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Man, Charlie.
You’ve probably forgotten more about planes then I’ll ever know. lol
So I can’t help you with identification.
But I can’t wait to see how you make it look when you are done with it.
Your collection is getting mighty impressive!

-- Eric

Looks like a Stanley Four Square 5 or 5 1/4. 30s vintage plane targeted for handyman use…

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Thanks, Wayne, I’m familiar with the Handyman series, but this was new to me.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Sharon: A man of your wisdom and keen perception should be working for the government. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

This is, without a doubt, the famous Stanley Siding Slicker. Designed to smooth out rough wooden siding once it has been installed on the vertical walls of a building.

If you believe this, I have some ocean front property, in Montana, I’ll let you have for a really good price.

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lew -is that salt water ocean front? I might be interested.

Charlie- I thought everyone was working for the government (or is it a conspiracy?). do you have other measurements of the plane though? length/width of sole?

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Charlie,
The best Stanley plane I have found is listed below, give it a look?

http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan0a.html

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I think the Handyman brand was later, more towards the 50s… This would be an earlier variant and better quality I would think.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Actually, Wayne nailed it. When I knew what to search for, I was able to locate quite a few photos of identical planes. I’m very new at plane collecting, and I just had not run across the Four Square line before/

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

John, I don’t think that there is much direct coverage of Stanley Four square, transitional planes or handyman planes in Patrick’s guide. His guide is great for the main line numbered Stanley planes….

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Another “quickie” chart for Stanley IDs
http://primeshop.com/access/woodwork/stanleyplane/pftsynch.htm

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skSlim, that appears to be a type study for Stanley #1-#9 bench planes and is a good way to figure out when the plane was made.

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Oh, okay, I thought the diamond pattern surface on the lever cap was only used on the Stanley transitionals.

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Stanley maintains a historical department. Call them, they can tell you exactly what you have, what to look for, etc…

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