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Stumbled across this ad this morning. I'm no expert, do you guys think these are worth my time and $30?

http://springfield.craigslist.org/tls/4105078330.html

I woodn't think more than 1 yoctosecond. Go get em!












Yes I had to look it up!:D

Transitional (half wood, half metal) planes are tough to restore - they are the doorstop of the plane world (and often the kindling too ). IMHO they are worth $5-10 each on the CL market, based on the pics in the springfield ad, I would start way low. I pay $10-20 for good all metal bailey stanleys on CL and those are much easier to get back into shape, use and maintain.

All that said, I have a jointer length transitional that I love. - has an aggressively curved blade (6" radius I think) and i use it as a scrub. Wood on wood is fun planing.

JPG40504 wrote:I woodn't think more than 1 yoctosecond. Go get em!












Yes I had to look it up!:D

I sent a text to buy them after work. Hopefully they have not sold yet, its a repost of an Oct 2 ad.

Here's some further reading... http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan4.htm

enyoc wrote:Transitional (half wood, half metal) planes are tough to restore - they are the doorstop of the plane world (and often the kindling too ). IMHO they are worth $5-10 each on the CL market, based on the pics in the springfield ad, I would start way low. I pay $10-20 for good all metal bailey stanleys on CL and those are much easier to get back into shape, use and maintain.

All that said, I have a jointer length transitional that I love. - has an aggressively curved blade (6" radius I think) and i use it as a scrub. Wood on wood is fun planing.

I have a new Bailey (bought this summer) so these would be more backups/learning/small project. He's only a little over your number so I feel good about the price...I don't like haggling over $5.

in the same CL section: http://springfield.craigslist.org/tld/4090703510.html

no prices, but that's my kind of stuff over which to drool!

P.S. don't buy any more new stanleys - QC has gone the way of most. PM me if you need a plane, I have way too many (per my wife), no where near enough (per me), but some repeats I could give you a deal on and links to some internet sellers you can trust.

I know little about restorability and usability of old planes (raised too much on power tools), so my opinion would be useless, but I will say they are good looking planes and I'd be inclined to use them as bookends or similar decorative pieces if they don't pan out as usable planes.

No experience with wood based planes here either, but the castings appear intact, the metal parts look decent, I think they are very restoreable to usable condition. I couldn't care less about 'collectability'.