Goodbye, Back Porch Bench, Hello to ????

October 24, 201213 yr

Â Since the move to the new place involved losing that covered back porch, now I have to find another way.Â Â Â Â So,Â i DO have an old swimming pool ladder, and some clamps.Â Â Â Â I clamped my belt sander to the ladder, and worked over a block plane this morning.Â Â Â Â Fairly stable, in fact.Â Â Â Â I will look into a "home-made" type of bench, maybe a couple home-made saw horses under a slab of pine 2xs?Â Â Â IF it gets too cold out in the pole barn ( now 17 miles away, too far to walk) I could bribe the Grandsons into bringing the Nickleson English planing bench to the new place.Â The trick would be in getting it down stairs into the cellar.Â Â Â Â Then a light for it.Â Â Â Oh well, life on the move.

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

October 24, 201213 yr

Steve, I'm sure it won't take you long to figure it outÂ

Greg
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October 24, 201213 yr

You'll have it all figured out before long. I bet grandsons would do it for you.

John Moody
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October 24, 201213 yr

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Â Spent part of today, sitting on my new front porch ( waiting on the mail).Â Â Â Got some clean up done on the Mohawk-Shelburne Block plane. Sides and sole are now clean and flat.Â Â Â Where thet meet is square enough to cut a finger sliding along it.Â Â Â Iron was also sharpened up, using the belt sander clamped to a pool ladder.Â Â Â Â Hey, it works.Â Â Â Mail finally showed up, AFTER I went back in for the day.Â Two "boxes" from ebay!Â Â Â Â Â Â One "box" was a clear plastic thing like special loaves of bread are sold in.Â Works for me.Â Â Â The other "real" box had something called a Shelton in it.all steel, and VERY rusty!Â Â The iron was even stamped "PATENT PEND."Â Â Â Â Â maybe for the rust???Â Â Â Looks like fun coming up.Â Â Â The plastic box?Â Â Â Had a Had a red frog, with a "409" stamped in it.Â Â Â Sitting under, and on a few other parts..lathe time to make a new knob?Â Â Â Heat-treatedÂ Chipbreaker?Â Â Plated Brass bolts?extra thick casting for the base? Â Â The handle IS wood, just way toomuch finish on it. Â Blue paint on a chrome lever cap? Â Ah, Craftsman, that explains it. Â Not sure about how the frog sits on the base...Looks like more fun coming up....