You just can't stop at a single shavingor, even just a handfulYou HAVE to do the ENTIRE boardand to think, all from an old, rusty plane that was Stanley's  "consumer line" of planes.    Cost about the same new (back then) as I paid for it, about $8.  First, clean off all the dirt, and rusties.    Make sure the sole is flat, and smoothand sharpen the iron (blade to some) i used my sander to start with, followed by the stonesonce the important stuff is done, and the parts cleaned upyou are almost done. Now about them handles?    I still have them sitting in a box, but new ones were made up with some Black walnut that was sitting around, at least for the rear handle. The frontone got a plainer version of wood, just stained to match, since i was out of the thicker Walnut.turned on the lathe, and later stained to match other handles.   Plane is being taken for a test drive.   So, do i NEED a new, expensive Plane?    Nah, I'll just make do with these old guys....

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Very nice Steve. You are a true artist with these tools.

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John Moody
Site Administrator


John Moody Woodworks
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Nice job Steve. You do have a knack for restoring these old tools.

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Wayne Mahler
God bless and protect our troops that serve so we can be free.

It's great that you're keeping these old timers alive

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Greg
Scroll Saw forum host

http://www.thesawdustfactory.net/

Wait till you see what happened to that little #33........

As for the latest handplane project, bought an almost new Buck Brothers Jack plane.   Frog is junk, adjustor is worst than that.   Got a better frog coming in the mail.   Put a better iron in it, and kept the Buck brothers iron for other things.    Like a cambered iron for the jack. 

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  took the iron from that harbor freight #33, and re-ground the iron.     If you have ever seen a stanley #40 ( or 40-1/2) that is what my little #33 is now.     iron is ground into a 3" radius at 30 degrees.   The mouth on the plane is already wide enough, but can be widen if needed.    Ala Stumpy Nubs @ Blue Collar Woodworking.com.    He did almost an entire web-show on how to do a scrub plane this way.     Sooo, now i have a good scrub plane for about $9..........

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