Here is a nice plane I came across today while helping my dad clean up the shop. The blade says  lakeside No. 3 on it it and the body has 0201 and made in the USA on it. No other markings that I can see.



Dan

 May be a Lakeside version of the Stanley 78 plane. Needs a depth stop and fence to be complete.

Looks exactly like the Stanley #78 rabbet plane.  As stated earlier, it's missing the fence and depth stop.  Those are pretty easy parts to find.  The #78 is a really common plane.

Jim C.

Not only is it a Stanley 78, made for monkey wards (Lakeside) but its an early type, with a fishscale handle.
The first two types are the only ones with horns on the handle.
  Type 1 has flowers on the handle, btw.

All the later types are "plain".
yours Scott

When did it get a lever?
And, while on that subject, that the heck does the lever do on this kind of plane anyhow?

                 adjuster lever added 1925. cutter adjustment

Stanley produced the #78 from 1884 well into the 1980s.  They must have sold millions of them during its 100+ years of production.  Based on my limited experience, and with the exception of a few other planes, the #78 has got to be one of the most frequently seen planes out there.  I see them on Ebay, at tool shows, flea markets, garage sales, etc.  Many are very well used to say the least.  As a result, they're relatively inexpensive, and donor parts, such as fences and depth stops are very abundant.  Those parts have not changed much, if at all, during the plane's entire 100 year production run.  One of the major changes to the plane's design was the addition of the iron adjuster lever, as was mentioned in previous post. 

Below, I've attached a few pictures of a #78, including the parts that are missing from Radguy's plane.  You'll notice that my plane does include the iron adjuster lever.  This particular plane is a type 13, which dates from approximately 1925 to 1935.  It's probably one of the earliest #78 planes to have received the iron adjuster lever.

Jim C. 

There is a girl named Lori at Stanley parts who will still sell you the missing parts for your plane, and very cheaply.
I don't have the number handy though, so you'll have to look it up.

Lori's our girl.  She has helped thousands and gets us all parts.
Mistreat her, and you won't live out the day.
yours Scott

Quote from: scottg on September 09, 2011, 03:18:30 PM
There is a girl named Lori at Stanley parts who will still sell you the missing parts for your plane, and very cheaply.
I don't have the number handy though, so you'll have to look it up.

Lori's our girl.  She has helped thousands and gets us all parts.
Mistreat her, and you won't live out the day.
yours Scott

Wow!!! That's pretty good.  I didn't know such a service existed.  I wonder if she'd have a "hotdog" handle for a #9?  Please do post her number!!!  Thanks.

Jim C.

Well its worth a try, be sure to ask for block plane rear handles too.  I've got an early Excelsior model that still has the original nut...... heheheheheh

But seriously, many more parts than you thought were available, still are, and they are flat dirt cheap when they do have them. Some of them are more modern manufacture, but available. Some really are vintage NOS.
Lori has scoured the old warehouses for us all.
  Toolmans angel.

Lori's number at Stanley is 1-800-262-2161 ext 55839,
and her email is <lgoucher@s...>.

yours Scott
   

Quote from: scottg on September 09, 2011, 04:49:43 PM
Well its worth a try, be sure to ask for block plane rear handles too.  I've got an early Excelsior model that still has the original nut...... heheheheheh

But seriously, many more parts than you thought were available, still are, and they are flat dirt cheap when they do have them. Some of them are more modern manufacture, but available. Some really are vintage NOS.
Lori has scoured the old warehouses for us all.
  Toolmans angel.

Lori's number at Stanley is 1-800-262-2161 ext 55839,
and her email is <lgoucher@s...>.

yours Scott

Outstanding!!! Thanks for the info ScottG!!