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1. 
   DustyGeorge | Dec 27, 2008 02:48am | #1

   Dave,

   The thumbwheel adjusts the depth of cut.  Check your photo 6.  The flat vertically mounted piece with a "mouth" just in front of the thumbwheel engages the thumbwheel.  Then the other end of this piece has fingers that engage the machined slots on the back of the plane iron.  Now when you move the thumbwheel up and down the flat piece causes the iron to move back and forth in its bed.

   Good luck.  It should clean up into a sweet plane and give you a lot of experience.

   Best wishes. George

   You don't stop laughing because you grow old.  You grow old because you stop laughing. - Michael Pritchard
2. 
   jako17 | Dec 27, 2008 05:27pm | #2

   It probably is an Excelsior block plane made by Stanley. Check out the type study in  John Walters book on block planes

3. 
   mike4244 | Dec 27, 2008 11:06pm | #3

   I have a stanley plane that appears to be an exact match for yours. I did not buy this particular plane, my block plane was gone from the toolbox with this plane left in its place. I had a stanley plane that was completely different, the iron adjustment is on the bed angle like most  planes.Even after fetteling this plane so it would work to my satisfaction, it sits in a drawer rarely used.                                              

   mike

4. 
   jase | Jan 06, 2009 08:34am | #4

   The depth adjuster looks just like my Stanley 9-1/2. But the 9-1/2 is not a low angle plane.
   Edit: Block planes have a lower bedding angle than a bench plane, but with a bevel up blade the angle of attack is pretty much the same as a bench plane. Check out this page: http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan2.htm

   The 60-1/2 is a low angle with a bedding angle of 12 degrees. The 9-1/2 sits around 20.

   
   

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   Edited 1/6/2009 1:02 am by jase