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218 days ago

What do you know about the old Ben Hur planes? Were they made by a larger company? Are they any good?

-- I'm strictly hand-tool only...unless the power tool is faster and easier!

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Loren home \| projects \| blog 4895 posts in 1819 days #1 posted 218 days ago	Never heard of the brand. Stanley and other foundries made house brand planes for hardware and department store chains. Some of them are about the same quality as Bailey planes and some of them are really inferior tools.
bandit571 home \| projects \| blog 3663 posts in 854 days #2 posted 217 days ago	Ben Hur was by Sargent. -- A Planer? I'M the planer, this is what I use

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