Putting a Date to Record Planes

[Argus]

I've noticed that Record plough type planes - typically 043, and 044 - seem to have changed the type of adjustment nuts on the fence and slide bar during their post-war production; the earlier models featured a wing nut head while later models had round, knurled screws.

In fact I have two 043s - one of each. The younger of the two has a knurled screw and came in a box with a penciled price on the label of 34/-6d, which I have tentatively put to the early 60s. The other has wing nuts.

Any historians out there have an idea when these transitions came about?

 

[Phil Pascoe]

http://web.archive.org/web/201412180558 ... lanes.com/

might help. (I didn't look )

 

[Argus]

Well spotted - I'll have a look, thanks.

 

[Vann]

http://web.archive.org/web/20141218055815/http://recordhandplanes.com/

Unfortunately David Lynch died in 2014, taking a lot more valuable information with him.

I had some correspondence with him several years ago on a similar subject (some changes in Record No.050 plough planes). I'll have to look see if the emails on this computer go back that far.

Edit: I see David wrote "The flat depth stop and fence arm thumb screws were changed to a round screw with a knurled edge around the late 1950's." in the above link, under: "Production Periods For Planes".

Cheers, Vann.