No. 36 Full Adjustment Block Plane

Manufactued:

1929 to 1959

Sole Length: 6-1/4”
Iron Width: 1-5/8”
Weight: 1.45 lbs
Bedding Angle: 20 Degrees
Adjustments: Fully Adjustable
Lever Cap Type: Knuckle Joint
Casting Number Body: 497
Cross Reference: Stanley No. 18

No. 36

The No. 36 is the exact same plane as the No. 16 except the lever cap on the No. 36 is a knuckel joint style with a nickel finish. This plane has an adjustable mouth, a depth adjusting nut and a lateral adjustment lever. The front knob and the adjustment nut are nickel platted.

The iron is 1-5/8” so the eccentric lever will have its end bent down. Only the 1-3/8 have the eccentric lever end bent up.

Type 1 configuration – 1929 - 1935

  • Millers Falls name cast in front of the finger rest knob.

  • The iron landing has a full surface with no recess.

  • Initial release has no cheek stamp, later release (1933), name and number stamped on side cheek.

  • Lateral adjustment lever has the metal folded to engage the iron slot.

  • Knuckle joint pressed steel lever cap is nickel.

  • Trademark is stamped on the front of the lever cap.

  • “Since 1868” iron trademark (see irons for more details)

Type 2 configuration starting 1936 to 1959

  • Millers Falls embossed name is removed from the bed.

  • Iron landing has a recessed area.

  • Lateral adjustment lever has a solid disk to engage the iron slot.

  • Trademark is removed from the front of the lever cap.

  • 1949 - Trademark on the iron is changed to “Solid Tool Steel”

  • The January 1960 catalog no longer lists the No. 36.

The Millers Falls No. 36 block plane has the same base structure as the No. 16 block plane. This picture shows a type 1 configuration with the trademark stamped on both the knuckel joint lever cap and the iron. The bed has the Millers Falls name embossed around the knob. Also note the name and number is stamped on the cheek.

In this picture, you can see two of the type 1 to type 2 changes;

  1. The removing of the trademark from the lever cap.

  2. The removal of the embossed name on the bed.

This example of the No. 36 shows four of the features found on the type 1 plane.

  1. Embossed name on the bed.

  2. Solid iron landing.

  3. Folded lateral adjustment lever.

  4. Type 1 iron trademark.