Bench Planes

• Stanley No. 1 Smoothing Plane

  1867–1943 · 5-1/2" · 1-1/4"

  The smallest bench plane Stanley made, and the one every collector wants.

• Stanley No. 2 Smoothing Plane

  1869–1961 · 7" · 1-5/8"

  The smallest Bailey with a tote.

• Stanley No. 3 Smoothing Plane

  1869–1984 · 8" · 1-3/4"

  A smoother one size down from the No. 4, and the size most people find comfortable once they have used both.

• Stanley No. 4 Smoothing Plane

  1869–1984 · 9" · 2"

  The most-produced bench plane in history and the default smoother in every workshop that has one.

• Stanley No. 4-1/2 Smoothing Plane

  1884–1967 · 10" · 2-3/8"

  A wide, heavy smoother.

• Stanley No. 5 Jack Plane

  1869–1984 · 14" · 2"

  The jack plane - the jack of all trades, and the plane most likely to be in a box at an estate sale.

• Stanley No. 5-1/4 Junior Jack Plane

  1921–1975 · 11-1/2" · 1-3/4"

  A narrow, short jack sold heavily into school manual-training programmes.

• Stanley No. 5-1/2 Jack Plane

  1898–1970 · 15" · 2-1/4"

  A wide, heavy jack.

• Stanley No. 6 Fore Plane

  1869–1975 · 18" · 2-3/8"

  The fore plane sits between the jack and the jointer.

• Stanley No. 7 Jointer Plane

  1869–1984 · 22" · 2-3/8"

  The standard jointer, and the plane that makes hand-cut edge joints possible.

• Stanley No. 8 Jointer Plane

  1869–1960 · 24" · 2-5/8"

  The largest Bailey bench plane: two feet of sole and the widest iron in the range.

• Stanley No. 40 Scrub Plane

  1896–1962 · 9-1/2" · 1-1/4"

  A dedicated roughing plane: narrow, thick, heavily cambered iron and a wide open mouth, made to take deep bites across the grain and reduce a board fast.

• Stanley No. 602 Bedrock Smoothing Plane

  1898–1943 · 7" · 1-5/8"

  The smallest Bedrock, and after the No. 1 the most sought-after Stanley bench plane.

• Stanley No. 603 Bedrock Smoothing Plane

  1898–1943 · 8" · 1-3/4"

  The Bedrock equivalent of the Bailey No. 3: an eight-inch smoother with the full-contact frog seat and the heavier castings of the premium line.

• Stanley No. 604 Bedrock Smoothing Plane

  1898–1943 · 9" · 2"

  The Bedrock No. 4.

• Stanley No. 604-1/2 Bedrock Smoothing Plane

  1898–1943 · 10" · 2-3/8"

  A wide, heavy Bedrock smoother - the 4-1/2 pattern in the premium line, and the plane to reach for on figured hardwood if money is no object.

• Stanley No. 605 Bedrock Jack Plane

  1898–1943 · 14" · 2"

  The Bedrock jack, and the most-produced plane in the line after the 604.

• Stanley No. 605-1/4 Bedrock Junior Jack Plane

  1921–1943 · 11-1/2" · 1-3/4"

  A narrow junior jack in the Bedrock line, introduced late and discontinued with everything else in 1943.

• Stanley No. 605-1/2 Bedrock Jack Plane

  1898–1943 · 15" · 2-1/4"

  The wide Bedrock jack: fifteen inches of sole, a wide iron and the full-contact frog seat.

• Stanley No. 606 Bedrock Fore Plane

  1898–1943 · 18" · 2-3/8"

  The Bedrock fore plane.

• Stanley No. 607 Bedrock Jointer Plane

  1898–1943 · 22" · 2-3/8"

  The Bedrock jointer: 22 inches of heavy casting with the full-contact frog.

• Stanley No. 608 Bedrock Jointer Plane

  1898–1943 · 24" · 2-5/8"

  The biggest Bedrock: two feet of sole, the widest iron, and the heaviest bench plane Stanley catalogued.

Block Planes

• Stanley No. 9 Cabinetmaker's Block Plane

  1870–1943 · 10" · 2"

  A big, heavy block plane made for shooting mitres and trimming end grain on cabinet work.

• Stanley No. 9-1/2 Block Plane

  1873–2000 · 6" · 1-5/8"

  The standard-angle block plane, and the pattern every other manufacturer copied.

• Stanley No. 15 Block Plane

  1876–1955 · 7" · 1-5/8"

  A No. 9-1/2 stretched by an inch.

• Stanley No. 18 Knuckle-Joint Block Plane

  1888–1950 · 6" · 1-5/8"

  A 9-1/2 with the knuckle-joint lever cap: a hinged nickel-plated cap that folds flat into the palm.

• Stanley No. 19 Knuckle-Joint Block Plane

  1888–1950 · 7" · 1-5/8"

  The seven-inch knuckle-cap block plane: a No. 15 with the folding cap, or a No. 18 with an extra inch, depending which way you come at it.

• Stanley No. 60-1/2 Low Angle Block Plane

  1898–2000 · 6" · 1-3/8"

  The low-angle block plane, and probably the single most useful vintage Stanley you can buy for under fifty dollars.

• Stanley No. 62 Low Angle Jack Plane

  1905–1942 · 14" · 2"

  A jack-sized plane built like a block plane: bevel-up iron on a twelve-degree bed, adjustable mouth, no frog.

• Stanley No. 65 Low Angle Block Plane

  1898–1969 · 7" · 1-5/8"

  The 'Chariot' - a seven-inch low-angle block plane with the knuckle cap.

• Stanley No. 100 Squirrel-Tail Block Plane

  1876–1962 · 3-1/2" · 1"

  A tiny palm plane with a curled tail behind the iron, catalogued for model makers and patternmakers.

• Stanley No. 101 Block Plane

  1877–1962 · 3-1/2" · 1"

  The cheapest plane Stanley sold: three and a half inches, one moving part, no adjuster.

• Stanley No. 102 Block Plane

  1877–1962 · 5-1/2" · 1-3/8"

  A plain 5-1/2 inch block plane with no depth adjuster and no adjustable mouth.

• Stanley No. 103 Block Plane

  1877–1962 · 5-1/2" · 1-3/8"

  A No. 102 with a depth adjuster added behind the iron.

• Stanley No. 110 Block Plane

  1874–1990 · 7-1/2" · 1-5/8"

  The workhorse budget block plane: seven and a half inches, a lever cap, and no mouth adjustment.

• Stanley No. 140 Skew Block Plane

  1896–1958 · 8" · 1-3/4"

  A block plane with a skewed iron and a side plate that unbolts, turning it into a rabbet plane that can work right into a corner.

• Stanley No. 220 Block Plane

  1898–1984 · 7" · 1-5/8"

  A seven-inch standard-angle block plane with a depth adjuster but a fixed mouth: the middle of Stanley's range, and after the 110 the block plane you are most likely to meet.

Specialty Planes

• Stanley No. 71 Router Plane

  1884–1973

  The 'old woman's tooth' in iron: a cutter on a vertical post between two handles, used to cut a dado, hinge mortise or inlay recess to an exact and repeatable depth.

• Stanley No. 71-1/2 Router Plane

  1896–1958

  The closed-throat router plane.

• Stanley No. 95 Edge Trimming Block Plane

  1911–1970 · 6" · 1"

  A block plane with a fixed right-angle side that acts as its own fence, and a skewed iron.

• Stanley No. 113 Circular Plane

  1877–1942 · 1-3/4"

  A plane with a springy steel sole that bends to a convex or concave curve, set by a knob on top.

• Stanley No. 271 Small Router Plane

  1926–1973

  A miniature router plane for inlay and small hinge work, no bigger than a matchbox.

Plow & Combination Planes

• Stanley No. 45 Combination Plane

  1884–1962

  Stanley's workhorse combination plane: a skeletal body, two fence rods, a sliding section and a box of cutters that between them replace a rack of wooden plow and beading planes.

• Stanley No. 50 Light Combination Plane

  1884–1962

  The cut-down combination plane: lighter, simpler and cheaper than the 45, with no sliding section.

• Stanley No. 55 Universal Combination Plane

  1897–1962

  Marketed as 'a planing mill within itself'.

• Stanley No. 148 Tongue & Groove Plane

  1911–1958

  A match plane: cut the groove with one end, flip it end for end and cut the matching tongue with the other.

Rabbet & Shoulder Planes

• Stanley No. 78 Duplex Rabbet & Fillister Plane

  1885–1980 · 8-1/2" · 1-1/2"

  The default rabbet plane.

• Stanley No. 79 Side Rabbet Plane

  1896–1970

  A double-ended side rabbet: two skewed irons facing opposite ways so you can widen a groove or a dado from either direction without changing tools or reversing the grain.

• Stanley No. 90 Bullnose Rabbet Plane

  1898–1970 · 4" · 1"

  A short, heavy bullnose rabbet plane whose nose piece unscrews, letting it work right up to the end of a stopped rabbet or, with the nose off, flush into a corner.

• Stanley No. 92 Shoulder Rabbet Plane

  1898–1970 · 5-1/2" · 3/4"

  The narrow member of Stanley's shoulder plane trio.

• Stanley No. 93 Shoulder Rabbet Plane

  1898–1970 · 6" · 1"

  The middle shoulder plane: a one-inch iron in a six-inch body.

• Stanley No. 94 Shoulder Rabbet Plane

  1898–1960 · 7" · 1-1/4"

  The widest of the three shoulder planes and the scarcest. A wide sole trims a wide shoulder in one pass, which is the whole argument for it.

• Stanley No. 98 Side Rabbet Plane (Right Hand)

  1896–1970

  A small single-handed side rabbet for widening grooves and dados.

• Stanley No. 99 Side Rabbet Plane (Left Hand)

  1896–1970

  The left-hand mate to the No. 98.

Scrapers & Spokeshaves

• Stanley No. 12 Veneer Scraper

  1870–1950

  A scraper on the same principle as the 112 but in a shorter body, originally sold for cleaning up veneered surfaces without dishing them.

• Stanley No. 80 Cabinet Scraper

  1898–1980

  A scraper blade held in a two-handled cast iron body, with a thumbscrew that bows the blade to control the cut.

• Stanley No. 112 Scraper Plane

  1885–1943 · 9" · 3"

  A full-size scraper in a bench plane body: knob, tote, wide sole and a thick scraper blade whose pitch you can set.

• Stanley No. 151 Adjustable Spokeshave

  1877–1980 · 10" · 2-1/8"

  The standard adjustable spokeshave: a flat sole, a short iron and two knurled screws that set the depth at each end independently.