8 minTechnologyStanley Model Shop #278 Rabbet and Fillester PlaneThe Stanley Rule & Level Company was always interested in providing its customers with the tools they wanted. They were very adept at...
7 minManufacturingMore Rosewood Buttons on Lever CapsIn my last blog post I talked about two Stanley block planes with rosewood buttons on their knuckle joint lever caps. In this post I'm...
7 minTechnologyRosewood Buttons on Lever CapsBy the 1890's, Stanley Rule & Level Company had become an industrial juggernaut. They proudly boasted in their pocket catalogs that they...
6 minManufacturingJustus Traut's Bull-Nose PlaneBefore I tell you about it, let's put this bull-nose plane from the Stanley Model Shop in its proper historical context by delving a bit...
5 minManufacturingFrom the Stanley Model Shop - Charles Miller's Tonguing and Grooving PlanesContinuing with the theme of tools from the Stanley Model Shop, here's one of my favorites. This plane was designed and patented by...
7 minTechnologyTraut's Patent Hollow and Round PlaneIn my last post I described a nice little curved bottom block plane made by Justus Traut that dated from 1897-1902. We know that Traut...
