HELP.......... PIBRO hand plane

[tobytools]

hi, is there a make called pibro or something similar to that (shefield), if so what its quality, age and like as a whole. and mostley whats is worth ???

many thanks
toby

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Milbro?

 

[tobytools]

Milbro?

i duno, is the maker Sheffield? some one i know is selling a no3 plane and said there isnt a makers name on body of plane like stanley or record has just no3 stamped both sides of knob, and the iron has what he thinks pibro on it but he said its 30% sure its says that, but if its milbro, are they any good whats there story
thanks

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

Pilbro...nooo...they're worth thousands...real antique

 

[Phil Pascoe]

If it's steel, it's probably not Milbro. Milbro made cheap planes from aluminium, afaik.

 

[tobytools]

Pilbro...nooo...they're worth thousands...real antique

really, can u tell me a bit more about it? sorry but are you taking the micky???
thanks,
all the same is it worth a gamble at £15

 

[RogerBoyle]

Pilbro...nooo...they're worth thousands...real antique

really, can u tell me a bit more about it? sorry but are you taking the micky???
thanks,
all the same is it worth a gamble at £15

Depends on what you want to do with it

Are you looking to sell it on like your other posts on tools because it may have value????? or are you going to keep it to use ???

 

[tobytools]

Pilbro...nooo...they're worth thousands...real antique

really, can u tell me a bit more about it? sorry but are you taking the micky???
thanks,
all the same is it worth a gamble at £15

Depends on what you want to do with it

Are you looking to sell it on like your other posts on tools because it may have value????? or are you going to keep it to use ???

i collect tools, and use then ill probs get it c what it is, if its pilbro ill sell it, if its the other ill just try it out and sell it on. what do you think

 

[RogerBoyle]

For £15 its not much of a gamble really

 

[tobytools]

For £15 its not much of a gamble really

ill give it a go and get back to u if u like, thanks

 

[Water-Mark]

I've come across one of these (no. 5) and the name on the lever cap is definately pibro.
Doe's anybody know of them?

 

[AndyT]

These 'other' brand tools aren't that hard to understand. Once the Stanley designs lost their protection and could be copied, they were copied. Nobody else had a brand name big enough to be preferred to Stanley, with the possible exception of Record. So why would anyone buy a Pibro plane? It would have to have been cheaper. How do you make a plane cheaper, when you aren't even making the same volumes as Stanley? You cheapen the design a bit. A lighter casting. A softer blade. An adjuster that's not so carefully fitted. Rough edges. Maybe you make it in eastern Europe, or nowadays, further east where wages are lower.


Who would be the original target market for these cheaper planes? The occasional diy user who was not so discerning. If a tool is only going to be used once then left in the shed, it doesn't have to be very good!

 

[wizard]

Pilbro made lots of tools milbro only made a no 4 plane

 

[Cottonwood]

and there was me thinking milbro made catapults.... :ho2

 

[wizard]

still got my milbro catapult and no 4 plane

 

[Cottonwood]

I once found one totally by accident buried in the mud at Southend beach, stood on it and wondered what is that under my foot....

 

[JohnPW]

I've got this Pibro block plane.

It says "Pibro, Made in in Germany" on the blade, no other marks on the plane. 170mm long.

The plane is similar to the Stanley 110, ie no adjusting mechanisms.

 

[wizard]

just bought a pibro drill

 

[JohnPW]

I just bought this Pibro wooden smoothing plane.

""Pibro Brand", British Made" on the front, and "Pibro Brand, Made in Sheffield" on the blade.