The M75 Plane, an utter copy of the STANLEY 75 plane, was introduced to the UK market at the onset of the ‘M‘ series of planes, in February 1933.
The picture below was used throughout the manufacture of this now rare plane…Feb/1933- c.6/1940.
This plane was manufactured in exactly the same format from 2/33 through c.1940. The last listing I have for this plane is in the May 1938 catalogue.
From 2/33 to 3/38 the spare cutter was listed at 9d each, but then on till 10/38 they sold for ..one shilling and one pence!
It should be noted that the much better bullnose plane, the M77, was introduced in August 1938, and this was a more adjustable Bullnose Plane. The M75 had an Adjustable mouth but this was very difficult to adjust and was very coarse in the adjustment. So it is no wonder that the old M75 was de-listed shortly thereafter
The price of the M75 was introduced at 2/3d . This continued until Sept 1936 when the plane price was increased to 2/6d. Consider this that the whole plane, including the cutter, was available for 2/6d. So the plane was worth 1/5d!
The body was always 4″ long [with the mouth totally closed] and 1″ wide. The rear edge was painted black, but the front edge was clean.
The lever screw was always 7/16″ wide, 3/32″ deep with a fine parallel knurl and nickel plated, and the Lever Cap was 2.1/4″ long and 5/8″ wide.
You will only ever find these planes with a Red Lever cap on a Black base.
The mouth adjusting slotted bolt was nickelled and the head was 3/8″ wide, 1/8″ deep and it was 7/8″ long
The new blade was 3.5″ long and had a useable length of 1″.
It is no wonder that the M75 was discontinued with the advent of the much superior M77. This latter plane although being much easier to adjust was much more expensive.!
