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They fake it! ...There I said it! :-) Our weather has been pretty good for a while, which means lots of outside works in our yard to attend to. This year, the plan is to cut down trees around the property to fence it, in order for Rudy to roam free range in the yard and keep black bear and deer's out of the yard,  And a few other critters also.. Of course, you just cannot build a wall high enough to keep squirrels away. So after figuring out my property lines from markers to markers, a few trees went down, mostly young poplar saplings. Figured out where our new shed will be built, while the old one has to remain until new one is ready. A few more trees down, and wild black berries bushes (ouch) There was also some cleaning up around the property following big winds this winter. All that to say, that my current fire pit is wholly inadequate and has outlived its service life, need a new one. So since we are in the yard landscaping mode, figured out the general layout and what kind of...

I blog about the Siegley planes before , I happened to have two (2) in my collection. I have  a No 5 Jack plane and Combination plane No 2. My two (2) Siegley, Stanley made in New Britain or Roxton Pond in the then new Roxton Pond Tool & Mill Co plant alongside Stanley new plant There is not much information on line about these, and what you found mostly repeated itself and mentioned briefly that Stanley bought them and produced some of their planes in house until the 1920s, some sources mentioned 1927. While I was researching the story of Stanley in Canada , I came across references that mentioned that one of the reasons why Stanley bought Roxton Pond Tool & Mill  Company was because their workers were already manufacturing Siegley copies of planes, and were therefore familiar with Stanley products.  Huh?? The Siegley planes I'm familiar with (see above pic) are quite different than the Stanley Bailey models. What gives? I recently bought a copy of the book: Pla...