Unverified draft - do not rely on this page
The research on this page is not finished. It is left visible so the gap is not hidden from you, but treat everything below as unconfirmed until it has been checked against a catalogue.
- Confirm body construction and production span
- Confirm iron width
Stanley
Stanley No. 118 Block Plane
A steel-bodied block plane with an adjustable mouth, made as a lighter and cheaper alternative to the cast iron models.
- 1935–1970
- Block Plane
- low confidence
- unverified draft
| Model | No. 118 |
|---|---|
| Production | 1935–1970 |
| Sole length | 7" |
| Cutter width | 1-5/8" |
| Mouth | adjustable |
| Body | pressed steel |
How to identify it
- Pressed steel body rather than a casting - it rings differently and is noticeably lighter.
The same size from other makers
These do the same job at the same size. Parts do not interchange between makers, but the shaving does not know the difference - and where one maker commands a collector premium, another usually does not.
| Maker | Called | Made |
|---|---|---|
| Millers Falls | No. 7 | 1929–1975 |
| Sargent | No. 407 | 1887–1964 |
| Stanley | No. 2 | 1869–1961 |
| Stanley | No. 602 | 1898–1943 |
| Stanley | No. 15 | 1876–1955 |
| Stanley | No. 19 | 1888–1950 |
| Stanley | No. 65 | 1898–1969 |
| Stanley | No. 220 | 1898–1984 |
| Stanley | No. 94 | 1898–1960 |
Sources
- reference-site
Patrick Leach's Blood & Gore (Stanley plane model-by-model commentary) — Patrick Leach
Others in this family
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Stanley No. 9 Cabinetmaker's Block Plane
A big, heavy block plane made for shooting mitres and trimming end grain on cabinet work.
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Stanley No. 9-1/2 Block Plane
The standard-angle block plane, and the pattern every other manufacturer copied.
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Stanley No. 15 Block Plane
A No. 9-1/2 stretched by an inch.
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Stanley No. 18 Knuckle-Joint Block Plane
A 9-1/2 with the knuckle-joint lever cap: a hinged nickel-plated cap that folds flat into the palm.
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Stanley No. 19 Knuckle-Joint Block Plane
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.
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Stanley No. 60 Low Angle Block Plane
The fixed-mouth sibling of the 60-1/2: same low bed angle, same iron, no adjustable toe piece.
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Stanley No. 60-1/2 Low Angle Block Plane
The low-angle block plane, and probably the single most useful vintage Stanley you can buy for under fifty dollars.
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Stanley No. 61 Low Angle Block Plane
A short-lived low-angle block plane in the 60 series.