From Popular Mechanics, April 1927
PERHAPS not in actual dollars and cents, for you may not be paid for the work you do with them. But they pay by saving time and trouble, and in the way they last. Yet these strictly professional tools are not expensive by any means — costing less than you would expect to pay for such good planes. They will care for practically every planing job that comes to a school or home workbench.
Sargent Auto-Set Bench Planes are as much as two pounds lighter than old-style planes of same size. That’s one result of modern design and construction. They are simpler in adjustment. The cutter may be removed, sharpened and replaced without disturbing the original adjustment — and that’s quite a remarkable feature. The cutter, as in every Sargent plane, is of chromium steel. Experience through many years indicates that chromium is the most satisfactory alloy to add to straight carbon steels to secure an increase in cutting efficiency, toughness, wear-resistance. Expert chemists and actual use have confirmed this.
Be sure to get a Sargent Auto-Set, and a Sargent steel block plane which can’t be beat for end work or the smaller jobs of finishing. See them at your hardware dealer’s and write us today for descriptive booklet.
SARGENT & COMPANY, Manufacturers 49 Water Street, New Haven, Conn.
Sargent Steel Block Plane No. 5206
Sargent Auto-Set Bench Plane No. 714
