Edward Preston Plane No.12 Review By: I.Ball
Category: Old Jack Planes
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Manufacturer: Edward Preston
Plane Type: Jack
Model No: 12
The Edward Preston jack plane number 12 is unique in design with no
other planes matching this design.
The lever cap is a screw-on cap;
the cap is secured with the use of a screw, it
doesn't have a lever at the top of the cap to lever the cap to a tightened
state as most other iron jack planes do.
The lever cap has the company name and place of manufacture advertised
across it.
The blade depth adjuster is positioned above the lever cap on the end
of a threaded rod. The adjuster is a wheel nut which locates into a
slot in the blade. When the wheel nut is turned the blade moves upwards
or downwards depending on the direction of the turning action, this in
turn sets the blade depth.
The wooden handle and knob are positioned and designed to
make handling the plane very easy and comfortable to use.
If closely looked at, it can be seen that the handle and knob are slightly
different shaped to other jack planes such as those by Stanley and Record.
The Preston 12 has a lateral blade adjuster located behind the blade
for moving the blade laterally by moving the adjuster left or right.
The number 12 was one of the first British made mass produced iron planes
of the 20th century.
Body and frog:
cast iron
Lever cap:
cast iron with a plated finish
Cap iron:
best quality steel
Blade:
steel
Depth adjuster wheel/nut:
cast iron
Handle and knob:
hardwood
Plane finish:
black
"Preston" - found on the top face at the front of the plane.
"Made In Eng" - found on the top face at the front of the plane between the blade and front knob.
"No. 12" - found on the top face at the rear of the plane.
"Preston" - found on the lever cap face.
"B'Ham Eng" - found on the lever cap face.
? - 1933
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