One of them bottom of a auction box finds a no name plane. Has "Made in USA" in the casting, main body is japaned black.Any ideas on the maker? did it have a paper label?

Da plane da plane

It looks like a Stanley no.78. Is there a name on the cutter?

Mike

I will have to look, didn't know they marked the cutting blade, learned something.

It's one of the oddities of American plane manufacture that the plane manufacturer's name was often found only on the cutting iron.  Could also be a Craftsman or Wards (made, likely, by Stanley, although perhaps by Millers Falls, which had pretty much the same design after the Stanley patents expired).  Probably not Sargent, which tended not to have an adjuster.

Yes it is a Craftsman! on the blade, thanks for the info!