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Miniature Router Planes
Shown on the previous page are three versions. American company Sargent &
Co. manufactured the plane (#73) shown on the left, the earliest of the three,
from approximately 1916 to 1941. The second position for the
blade, allowing for bullnose work, is at the end of the body.
The owner-painted Stanley U.S.A. version (#271), shown in the middle, was manufactured
from 1926 to 1973. Stanley U.K still produces this model.
The British C. & J. Hampton Record brand (#722), shown on the right, painted
their trademark blue color, was discontinued in 1971. Both
the Stanley and the Record planes allow for repositioning
and reversal of the blade in the body to permit flush cutting.
D.S. Orr
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