I picked up a stanley plane. It was marked #122 liberty bell. As soon as I got home I tried looking it, I could not find this plane anywhere on line. Any help with figuring out what it is would be great…Cant seem to be able to download pics. It is the correct size for a 122 but is has a knob in the rear and the upper metal body is completely open in the rear. If you have any idea what it is I would be grateful for the help. you can email me at [email protected]. I can send pics thru email… Thanks
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This might help you
http://www.hansbrunnertools.com/Stanley%20by%20numbers/Stanley%20122.htm
I've seen these. It's different.. Thanks anyway. Send me an email address and I'll send pic...
It would help everyone if you just post the pictures here, for all to see.
There are a few Liberty Bell models. Check out:
http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan12.htm#num122
http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan12.htm#num135
Finally got it to take pics...
Are you sure it's a Stanley? I see the faded shadow of the iron casting having been cut off and ground down to form those rear projections. If the ends were original they'd be japanned.
At the very least it is a Frankenplane modified by a prior owner.
They did a really good job.... Nice and clean....
One more
That there is a Frankenplane.
It started life as a Stanley 122. It had a "grip" that was cast as part of the metal plane body. They were brittle, and broke often. The owner ground the two wings back where the metal body meets the wood. Then they added the round wooden knob on the back.
Someone went to a bunch of trouble to get that plane working again. But that's not the way Stanley made it.
http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan12.htm#num122
I have a number of Stanley transitional planes, including a #35, #21, and a #23, but I've never seen one like that before, WOW, it's really cool.
Yes it is....lol
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