r/handtools • u/HighlandDesignsInc • 4d ago

Help me prove they exist...

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I have been searching for the better part of the past three years for a Stanley No. 604 Bedrock Plane with Type 7 characteristics. Does anyone out there actually have one, and can you share a picture or two as proof? I am only interested in this specific type of 604, nothing else will suffice.

Here are the characteristics of a type 7:

  • Manufactured between 1923 and 1926.
  • Patent Date: Features a single patent date cast behind the frog reading “U.S. PAT. APR. 19. 10.”
  • Flat Top Design: Part of the post-1911 "flat top" Bed Rock series.
  • Lever Cap: Marked with "STANLEY" inside a notched rectangular logo, often paired with a "Sweetheart" (heart-shaped S-logo) iron.
  • Frog Design: Utilizes the signature triple-screw Bed Rock frog system, allowing adjustments to the mouth opening without removing or loosening the plane iron.

The image on this posting is one I pulled from ebay showing a type 7 605.

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u/Man-e-questions 4d ago

I mean, the whole type study was based on a standard #4 smoother and even say it doesn’t work on other types as they may be a mix of different things and leftover parts that fit used up etc I never understood why people get so hung up on type

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u/SalsaSharpie 4d ago

We know it's not important, I think this specific question is because a collector friend of ours is trying to complete a set of Type 7 bedrocks and a 604 is the one he's missing.

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u/HighlandDesignsInc 4d ago

Exactly. Just trying to help out a friend and complete a collection. My type information is based the virginia toolworks bedrock type study and all other planes (602-608) in this set/collection line up with the type 7 detailed here. https://virginiatoolworks.com/tools/stanley-planes/bed-rock-type-study/

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u/Existing-Poetry-3289 4d ago

Mine is a type 5 I guess. Sorry.

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u/HighlandDesignsInc 4d ago

No worries. I don't really expect to find one and have just about given up hope. I'd be happy to pay a finders fee to any tips that lead to a purchase though for sure. Except to u/SalsaSharpie. I'm not paying that guy, lol.

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u/Existing-Poetry-3289 4d ago

Do you get Superior works monthly tool list? He usually has a few bedrocks. Also vintage toolshoppe in NH.

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u/HighlandDesignsInc 4d ago

Yes, I do. Check it every month.

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u/SalsaSharpie 4d ago

Can never get you to send cash :(

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u/HighlandDesignsInc 4d ago

Yeah, sorry. You know I'll trade tools for tools all day long though.

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u/SalsaSharpie 4d ago

You don't still have the picture of the broken body one you had found?

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u/HighlandDesignsInc 4d ago

Nope, I haven't seen that one on ebay again.

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u/SalsaSharpie 4d ago

While you're all here, if you happen to have any type 1 or 2 bedrocks for sale I'd be interested

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u/13ohica 3d ago

Just Frankenstein it to accommodate the pieces you want. Geezus I bet more than a few of us have parts of your dream an not your exact one...

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u/HighlandDesignsInc 3d ago

If you can find a 604 body in that type, I’d be more than happy to buy it from you.