Screw is 97mm overall with a thread form unique to Stanley and many clone planes

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SOME HISTORICAL NOTES

For more than 150 years Stanley planes held an unmatched dominance in woodworking handplanes. They used an obscure thread form which was copied by many other makers in this market in particular Record, a British based competitor. Some component parts and spare blades are therefore compatible.

This spare fits the handle of certain of the 'bench' planes.  A bench plane is the name given to a range of general purpose planes which were numbered in ascending size from a #1  then #2, #3, #4, #4-1/2, #5, #5-1/2, #6, #7 and #8.

To complicate matters Stanley now ship planes with a mix of metric and Stanley threads although I have yet to have any call for metric fasteners at time of writing these notes in August 2018.

 Stanley Bailey Exploded Parts Diagram

• At the peak of their world wide popularity the bench plane range stretched from sizes #1 through to #8 with additional intermediate sizes such as #4-1/2 and #5-1/2
• Presumably to protect themselves from copies Stanley used relatevely obscure threads in many parts such as handle and knob mounting screws made from 13/64 inch drill rod and UNC12-20 threads.
• Many components are common across the bench plane range commonly used - patterns #3 through #8
• Unfortunately Y levers and lateral adjusters - parts 7 and 9 below - are unavailable separately
• At time of these notes - 2024 - complete frog kits are now discontinued (at least in the Australian market)
• Handle & knob kits in plastic remain available.
• OEM compatible Handle & Knobs, back irons and blades are available
• When their patents expired there were numerous other makers who cloned much of the range. Most maintained the Stanley threads.
• In recent times Stanley have started to use metric threads on some components. We have generous stocks of these items but do not yet list them