Bailey Block Plane
STANLEY No 18 Smoothing Plane. Cast iron, wall thickness 3 mm. Side walls rounded in the middle with side oval grip recesses 36x18 mm, depth 1.5 mm. From the front: no writing in the casting. Sliding plate 47x43x4 mm with a 1 mm edge at the top and 8 mm lug Ø 11 mm with 6 mm WW 19 G thread. It is embedded at sole level and allows 4 mm forward movement (mouth 1-4 mm) and is held by an iron screw with a bronze head Ø 12/22 mm under the cast plate. Behind the mouth: 17 mm stop as iron rest at the bottom. Further back: a 23 mm long step 5x6 mm in the casting with threaded lugs Ø 13 mm with 7 mm 24 G 3/16" 7/32" threads for the 26 mm long iron clamping screw. On this sits the laterally bent 104 mm long 7x2 mm side lever with a 3 mm thick 11 mm roller that engages in the iron slot, just behind the screw. 19 mm further back is a double lever 28x14 mm at the top in two parts, front 10x10 mm with two longitudinal slots and 4 mm cross bolts. In this sits the depth adjustment rotary plate 35x2x15 mm, which has a slot at the rear. The rear lug with a 3 mm slot holds the gear wheel plate sideways. At the very back, the 12 mm lug has a 30 mm long threaded rod with W 24 G 3/16" 7/32" left-hand thread with a 7/12 mm thick bronze nut Ø 25 mm that engages in the gear plate slot. Turning clockwise lowers the iron. Above this is a double cap. The rounded upper part 78x45x30 mm (internally marked with a "B" in the casting) is held at the front by the iron clamping screw between two lugs. In these sit rivets that fasten the pivoting spring clamp plate 74x42x2 mm, which functions as the iron cap.

Iron: 41 mm = 1 5/8", bevel on top, with slot and adjustment groove below < 20°

Condition: Good, sole has rust spots.

In The Stanley Book, page 54/55, 6 1/4" rather than 6" long.