Shelton # 18 UNBREAKABLE Low Angle Block Plane
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Shelton No 18, Like the Stanley 118. This is a low angle block plane, 12 degree from what I can find. This is a steel body and is marketed as indestructible. I can not find much info on Shelton other then it started out as a Basket Company in the early part of the 1900's. The planes iron is marked Patten Pending. The Patten was applied for Nov 9 1944 and was granted July 8 1947. Not sure when they actually started producing these planes, but it is pre 1947 for sure.
Like almost all other plane makers, Stanley bought them out in 1954 and these planes just went away.
I have a #4 sized that I use as a light scrub plane on posts or other large stock I don't want to remove to much material on. It works good, just a little more fidgety to set up, like a block plane with out lateral adjustment. I am thinking about listing it to sell as well, but I have not gotten that far yet.
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Selling since November 2024
Retired Archaeologist now working for city of Lexington Engineering Dept. Have been a carpenter and woodworking for some time, just switched over to hand tools several years ago. But now my health has changed, I have no kids and if Gods will, will be retiring and moving to Philippines in the next 5 Years. So I am slowly selling off tools (and other things) that I know I will not be hauling across the world. When the time comes, I may sell off more, but for now all my extras or things I bought to resale need to go....Heck I may just sell it all and not touch a tool again depending on my health in 5 years....
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