In response to a few questions about that little plane....Last spring I went to a little get together down in Vicksburg,MS.     Wound up bringing home a Type 20 Stanley 45.   Made in Roxton Pond,QUE, Canada.

 

The box Miss Doe mailed it in contained the plane in it's own wooden case.    twas a wee bit rusty.    The USPS seemed to have tossed the package around on it's way to MS.    William tried to repair the damage to the wooden case.....was a bit too far gone.    Miss Doe said the plane was mine, as long as I brought it back to life.    I even might a new case for it, and cleaned the rustiness away...a before?

Yeah...   So, I set out to copy this box based on the old cracked and broken thing..

Got fairly close.    The insides matched what Stanley had placed in there.     I couldn't find the  right latch, though.   I guess this will just have to do

 

When I made new labels...I messed up.    The ones I copied were for the New Britain Stanleys.    Old Box had the Roxton Pond label.  

Compare with the old label.  Ok time to open this box up?

Tight fit in there.   I have to tear it down to get it all back in the box.    I did go out and buy a depth stop for the slitter....

But the other two stops came with the plane.   So, what is all the stuff below this?

The screwdriver is a millers Falls, closest I could get to a Stanley one.   Extra cutters, both the long and short rods.  If you look up near the end of the screwdriver, there is a very small cutter,  so small you use only the main body with it.   I think it is a 1/8" cutter?    Get some of the  this stuff out of the way..

A spare nicker.  That pointy cutter is the so-called slitter.   And the cutter I modified.  Speaking of cutters..

As in the oEM box, there are two rows of cutters.   Set into dados into the sides of the box.   The BIG wide cutter is to make sash parts for a window.   A better look at the cutters?

Back row is all straight edged cutters.  Front row is the "bead" cutters, that sash cutter, and two match cutters ( 3/16" and 1/4")......  This is one heavy box....I bought the wood and hardware for the box, the  extra cutters as well.   Most  of the rest came from Vicksburg.    Not too bad a deal?

Not at all, nicely done. This is something I have done. I needed a box for a 45 that came without one, so i built one using an orignal as the guide. But the one I have has the sliding lid arrangement, I like yours a lot better.

Nice job. Has Doe seen it? Can't remember if you posted it on LJs.

Doe has seen it, and approved it. 

 

The sliding lid versions were a little deeper than this one, and didn't need the plane torn done.  

Very, very nice Steven. You did that old 45 a great justice bringing her back to life; also the replica storage case makes this a tool of pride and joy. You too should be proud.

Loved the story and the pics. Thanks for creating this thread and taking us along.