BedRock or Bailey-Pattern throat openings
…the most formidable hand plane designs in the Bailey-pattern planes ever invented. The difference between the Leonard Bailey-pattern plane and the BedRock version lies only in the way the frog…
…the most formidable hand plane designs in the Bailey-pattern planes ever invented. The difference between the Leonard Bailey-pattern plane and the BedRock version lies only in the way the frog…
…without drilling out the core of the existing press-fit screws and caps. Now as far as functionality goes these screws and caps work just fine; if or when the handle…
…end. Leonard Bailey’s bench plane is possibly one of the very finest plane inventions in the world of woodworking planes. In 98% of cases, modern makers simply copied this plane…
…added cost over and above the Bailey-pattern plane. The very best of basic planes from the Stanley stable of the day remained the basic #4 plane by Stanley or Record…
…cutting away the side of a #4 Stanley plane to show exactly what happens under the pressure of the lever cap in relation to the cap (chip breaker USA) iron…
…important to check the inside face of the cap iron. The above two pictures show the result of introducing the cap to the coarse plate and then further abrading until…
…edge to engage in the wood. Take any plane type, the router plane, the side rebate plane, bevel-up planes of every type and even spokeshaves, there will always be a…
…assembly nicely. The securement for the iron is by leverage through the bulky bronze lever cap bridge crossing from one side-wing of the plane to the other. The knurled bolt…
…via Amazon, this plane took only minimal fettling and no more than many others. . . . same plane as in previous picture but now retrofitted with a Stanley levercap….
…#4s and indeed that’s what they are. Unpacking the two planes I did think that they represented two styles, one a true copy of the Bailey with its lever cap…