Siegley Combination Plane #2

 I recently purchased a combination tool to do dados.

The popular one is the Stanley #45 but the dealer had already sold the one he had and this Sigley #2 was suggested.  They were one of the main competitors to the #45.  Eventually, Stanley bought them and because they sold well, kept making them.

They added the Sigley name when they did so.

These planes were made around 1920.

In order to make dados, a groove across the grain, these planes have nickers in the skates that line up with the edges of the blade.

On the Siegly, there is a hole drilled vertically through the skate.  The nicker is a round rod with a diagonal grind at the end.  If I needed to replace it, I could probably use an old drill bit

It came with all the blades.  There's a sash blade (for the bottom of windows), beading blades, a tonguing blade and the regular blades.

Unlike the #45, there is no notch on the end.  I can get blades for the #45 or the newer Veritas blades for their plough or combination plane.

I have the Veritas plough as well.  The Siegley is bigger and heavier.  The Veritas has a better blade advancement,

I don't find the Siegley to be that much harder to adjust.  It has depth stops on both sides and I think they're better.

The Siegley blades came in a plastic bag so I needed to make a box for them.  I have spalted maple and oak.

It took 3 tries to get the top.  The depth stops on the tongue and sash blades needed a dado inside the lid.

After 2 fell apart due to this & spalting (it is rotten wood after all), I decided to remove the stops.

And the back.