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1. 
   woodworker418 | Mar 30, 2005 12:33am | #1

   btw, the plane i was referring to in my post was a 5C Jack Plane.  thx

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   glatt | Mar 30, 2005 12:43am | #2

   If you are planning to use the plane, then a good place to get an idea of price is the Garret Wade tool catalog.  That will tell you what a brand new plane will cost.  Then go over to e-bay to see what the planes are currently going for.

   Stanley makes/made lots of different types of planes and the prices vary, but $30 sounds reasonable for any plane in good condition, and is cheaper than a brand new plane.

   There are lots of different types of planes, and they all have different uses.  A book like "The Handplane Book" by Garrett Hack will instruct you on their use and the different types available.

   Edited to say I just saw your second post, and a 5C jack plane for $30 is certainly reasonable.

   
   

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   Edited 3/29/2005 5:44 pm ET by Glatt

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   Jellyrug | Mar 30, 2005 01:47am | #3

   Here is a good site, if you dig through the details, you'll find good reviews on Stanley Planes.

   Anything before 1955 works, unlike the Stanleys of today. The real good ones were made around 1930.

    

   http://www.hyperkitten.com/tools/stanley_bench_plane/dating/

4. 
   hammer1 | Mar 30, 2005 03:49am | #4

   This is a great site for old tools. Follow it under "Lore" to Patricks Blood and Gore. Most everything you'd want to know about Stanley planes.
   http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~alf/en/en.html

   Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

5. 
   lwj2 | Mar 30, 2005 04:16am | #5

   Patrick Leach's page on Stanley planes:

   http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan0a.html

   Drop him an e-mail at the link on his main page to get on his e-mail list for tools for sale.

   Martin J. Donnelly Antique Tools:

   http://www.mjdtools.com/

   Lots of info on past and current sales for antique tools.

   And then there's e-Bay, look under collectibles/tools/planes

   Leon Jester
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   RickL | Mar 30, 2005 08:47pm | #6

   http://woodcentral.com/links/publications.shtml

   Good sources for books at woodcentral. Go back a page to the main links page and you will find a lot more in other topics. Very active forum on handtools

   
   

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   Edited 3/30/2005 1:48 pm ET by rick3ddd

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   Peter36 | Mar 30, 2005 10:18pm | #7

   Go to woodnet forums. Sorry I don't have the exact address for you. People will be chomping at the bit to help you over there.

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   maia007 | Mar 31, 2005 05:19am | #8

   You can do a search on ebay on "completed items" and find out what similar ones (either a plane or anything else for that matter) have sold for....as long as you can find something that is "accurately" described by the seller as similar to what you know you have. Sometimes they are and sometimes they are not. Sellers on ebay consist of "all kinds" of people....from educated collectors to know nothing types to the occasional common thief.

   Depending on what part of the country you live in and "how good" the condition of the plane is in, a $30 price is a very good if not an excellent price. You would pay that (and probably more) on ebay plus another $10 or so just for shipping.

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   druman | Mar 31, 2005 04:50pm | #9

   You can use some of the online dealers and ebay as a good reference for what the going prices on planes are. The links provided in the other messages are an excellent start. There are many hand plane manufacturers that made excellent planes besides Stanley; Millers Falls, Sargent, Keen Kutter to name a few. For user planes you can get some great deals as they will be functionally okay but will have some cosmetic flaw which makes it unattractive to collectors

10. 
    TomHigby | Apr 01, 2005 03:00am | #10

    I would consider that a good buy.  I bought that plane in 1959 for $17.  It was the first expensive tool that I had owned.  Expensive? Yes!  I had just started medical practice, and that plane cost as much as four of my office calls.  Most prices from 1959 can be adjusted for inflation by adding a zero.

    Tom