August 7, 201510 yr Awhile back, won a pair of Stanley planes at an auction. The shorter one is a Stanley No. 28, the other is a No.29. Same irons, just the 29 is SUPPOSED to be 2" longer...Rehabbed them up, to present to Polite Company Pretty, ain't they? Well, the #29 had "issues" Look at the nose. there should have been a logo and a model number there. It was, until someone had sawn off over an inch, you can still see the saw marks! Other issues? rear handle was not only missing the top "horn" but was broken in two. Dug out another handle, walnut one I made for a #5 iron bodied plane. It had an extra hole for a toe bolt..ok we can add that feature. Drill and tap a hole, and install the "new" handle But, there was another bad issue with this plane Ah..yeah. Missing the lateral lever, and the area where it sat. Won a "new" frog on FeeBay @$15 counting S&H. Came in yesterday, covered in silver spray paint.. Took awhile to wire wheel all of it off, they even painted the brass wheel! Grrr. Anyway, here tis.. Which left me with two wheels to clean up Not even sure which is which. Frog was sold as a No. 28....the No. 29 takes the same frog. Installed the "new" frog, set it up flush with the bed for the iron That tab where the lever cap bolt stick out of. Supposed to be flush with the wooden "ramp" bed. Soon to be changed. Had the plane all back in one piece, tried to set the depth of cut.....1/8" would not go back in...happen to set the plane down next to the Minty No.28.....nose end of the 29 was that 1/8" lower... Bed was worn in front by that amount, but not in the rear? I could add a shim like sole...zero to 1/8"...too much trouble. Decided to just back the frog back as far as it would go. It made the iron tilt back at the top. Closed the mouth a bit, too. More to the point, the cutting edge of the iron was barely sticking out. Adjusted things a bit, tighten everything down. set up a white oak test track. First couple passes...nothing, adjust again..Next few passes? That is much better. No even a sign of chatter, too. Curlies even tried to wrap around my wrist. I think the issues have beenfixed enough to make this a usable try/jointer plane? Just maybe??
August 8, 201510 yr Nice job (no surprise there). Even so, I can't hep but wonder what folks are thinking when they saw off parts or paint them silver when they shouldn't be....oh, well; you got it worked out.
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