This little rusty plane arrived this afternoon in the mail.   All the way from Alexandria, LA.    A $6 plane +S&H.     Rusty??just a bit.    I had to replace the bolt for the front knob, someone had "beheaded" it.      Got out the 1/4"x 20 tap, and re-cut some threads in the hole.   Went to the local Lowes, and got a bolt, and a few washers.    Bolt is a #3 Phillips, but it will have to do.  Got the beltsander set up, and de-rusted  things that needed it.   The sole was kind of bad on this one..kind og pitted, too.    the lever cap needed a good cleaning, iron and cap iron needed work as well.   The rest of the bolts ( that hadn't lost their heads) were chucked into the drill, and polished up.   They kind of needed it...Fired up th H-F "Dremel"  and got to cleaning things out.   Iron saw a stone as well. 

Time to put things back together??Looking any better??still a few pits left, but the sole is flat...Not sure if that is a Dunlap label, or just a price sticker.   Brass got shined up as well.   Handles are a black Bakelite.    Might just keep them, too.     That tote is very COMPFY!!    May touch up the red paint to highlight the Dunlap logo.    this is a #3 size plane.   Iron is a hair under 1-3/4" wide.   May just be a keeper??

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Sign on pick up truck's back window..:' Save a Horse, ride a Cowboy'

I think its a keeper. I would keep it. The #3 size is my favorite smoother.

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Adam Welker
Red Car Construction and Fine Woodworking

 I just checked this #3 Dunlap against another  #3 i have.     A Fulton with a West German blade.   The dunlap is almost an inch longer.    It is the same length as my Craftsman #4H.    All three were made by Sargent Tool Co., strange....

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Sign on pick up truck's back window..:' Save a Horse, ride a Cowboy'

Well worth the 3 hours, I'd say. Yep, she's a keeper.

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton