Recreating a Rare Stanley Hand Plane
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- Опубліковано 17 сер 2023
- This is my take on the Stanley no 9 Cabinet Maker's Block Plane. Made from 01 tool steel, brass, and hempwood. It was a lot of work, but a fantastic education in plane making.
A playlist for all of the videos can be found here: • Stanley No 9
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Website: www.ericmeyermaker.com
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The Stanley no 9 known as a "Cabinet Maker's Block Plane" as well as a "Piano Maker's Plane" was a plane that was developed in the 1860s. Despite its name it was not really a block plane in the way that we think of block planes today. The no 9 was Stanley's version of the infill miter planes that were coming out of New York and England. The no 9 had a 2" blade and an overall size comparable to the no 4 smoothing plane. It was much larger than a typical block plane. The purpose of the no 9 was to take fine shavings on both face and end grain. Additionally, it could be used on its side as a shooting plane.
Stanley ceased production of the no 9 in the mid 1900s. Lie-Neilsen produced their own version for a time in the early 2000s, but those have ceased production as well. To get one now you have to pay collector prices. I was not interested in paying collector prices for a tool so I decided to pay an equivalent amount of money in raw materials and new tools to build one myself.
I will be making some changes as I build my version. Both the Stanley and Lie-Neilsen versions were cast iron. I do not have the ability to cast metal so I will be making mine out of flat bar stock. Primarily O1 tool steel. Second, again because I do not have the ability to cast, I will be assembling mine with dovetail joinery like a traditional English mitre (miter if you are in the US) planes. The overall size has stayed the same, but I have made the side walls on mine thicker than the original. Primarily this was to add a bit of weight. The last major change I have made is that mine will include wooden infills. From the examples I have seen, so far, Stanley's version did not use wooden infills. A few from Lie-Neilsen did and I liked the way those looked so that is what I want to do on mine. There will be other deviations from the original as I solve construction problems as I go.
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looks good, great work
Thanks 👍
My favorite video of yours so far, the narration adds so much to a great build
I'm glad you liked it!
Absolutely beautiful! You made this look easy. It's definitely not easy! Great work. This will be an heirloom tool for sure.
Thank you very much!
Absolutely beautiful work. You can be proud to one day pass it on to future generations.
Thank you! I appreciate it!
This is such an amazing accomplishment Eric. Just beautiful work.
Thank you!
As a wood- and Metalworker, i can say: Sweet! Very Sweet! You done a great Job. My respect.
Thank you! I appreciate it!
@@EricMeyerMaker Oh, i thank You!
You do really a beautifull Job! I plan to build a infillplane too and you give me really important inspirations!
@@LaraCroftCP be sure to checkout Bruce Neville, he has a couple of books on making them. Also, Bill Carter! He does fantastic work.
I'm getting ready to start on a new infill build. I'm hoping to have it doe before the end of the year.
Nice to see such precise metal working done with so many manual methods. Lost arts almost.
clickspring does some of the most amazing work
Thanks!
beautiful plane but i didn,t go a bundle on the infill material !! lol some walnut or mahogany would have been nice, regards
I agree with that. I liked the look of the handle, I have mixed feelings on the front infill. It was a worthwhile experiment though.
You may see mistakes, i see character. Its actually a thing of beauty and styling. Ive made the mistake of using a flap disc for material removal. 😂 learned the hard way, they are more for surface conditioning work. Great for contours though. Ahh well, edjumacation by hard knocks is a goid thing in the end.🤝
thanks!
i call it the Meyter Plane
That is awesome. Mind if I use it?
Hi Eric. greetings, I'm surprised that you used both Sherline lathe and mill rather bigger machines. As most of your jobs are big for Sherline. Is Sherline coping with most of your jobs?
So far so good. I can't get bigger machines in my shop. Luckily for me the Sherlines can do the work.
Thanks for the reply :) I own both Sherline lathe and mill since 95. A few modifications as it ages yet they're my workhorse for most of my work. Yup my workshop is small like yours.
Very nice!
That hemp wood looks like interesting stuff. You mentioned it doesn't plane or turn well. Is there any other impressions you have of working with it?
It looks really cool once finished. Power tools are a must for shaping it. It is slow going with hand tools.