Featured antique plane

Hi,
Just sharing a picture of this antique plane from my grandmother's house. It is a Stanley No. 46 plane which apparently was used to carve "dados" and "rabbets". several pieces are missing, but it still looks nice. Approximately 100 years old. Earlier versions had a black finish (japanning). I may or may not try to find the missing pieces. I had some fun learning about the tool and it's uses.

 

Greetings Gregory.

If only it could tell a story! It probably produced some amazing carpentry during its lifetime.

 

Will make an awesome shelf decoration if you're into that!!!

 

You've got a very small part of the assembly, but I suppose the main part so a good start or building block ..long way to go tho!

 

Skew Cutter Combination Plane, Nickel plated from 1893 to 1942. Nice find!!

 

Could "Stanley" have been the maker? Just a thought.

 

yes it was made by Stanley. missing lots of parts unfortunately. I'm going to clean the nickel plate with some dilute vinegar. might try to find parts on line. or not