In a LARGE, LONG package, no less.    Won a feebay auction, paid just over 12.50 plus $9 for shipping.   They had local pickup....90 miles each way was a bit much.   So, after cutting and tearing away at the cardboard, paper, and tape,  some Rusty & Krusty stuff came to light...

At 22" long, this be a Stanley No.7c....type 10.   Ihad to supply a rear wood handle, and am waiting on a brass nut for it.   Otherwise pretty much intact.  Did I say Rusty? 

There be a lot of grooviness going on there....but haven't found any cracks. 

Front knob seems to be ok.  Might take a while to get this old plane back to new...even for me. 

If I know you, Steve, it'll be done by midnight!

way too tired tonight....too many trips to see doctors....took the Boss to a high school football game tonight....

 

Tried to get a little bit done, new wire wheels to clean the crud off.   maybe tomorrow I can have this thing making shavings?    It MIGHT take a while....even for me.  This is one big plane. About like comparing an old A-4 skyhawk to a C5A transport, as compared to the No. 4s to the new No.7    Might need a bigger til?

Well, I got most of the job done last night, it was after midnight though.   Finished setting things up on it today, when I could see better.    Had to move the frog back just a hair, mouth was a bit too tight.  Handle is a "stand-in" until I find something better.   It needs a new  lateral lever, as the disc is missing.   Sooo, here we go..

Yeah, White Oak vs a Battleship?    Yeah the handle is bad, but I will replace WHEN I can afford a new one.  Sides are spiffy, there is a chip-out on the side near the stern....

Sole cleaned up nicely, and flat.  Had to re-arrange the plane till a bit..

Makes the old No.6c, type 10 look small???

 

 

Edited October 31, 201510 yr by steven newman

Yep, a bigger till is in order!

Steve,

That's not a battleship, it's an aircraft carrier. 

Just back from a little research on this plane @ Hyperkitten .   Seems this is not a type 10, but seems to be a Type9.   A wee bit older than I thought.    Still, for less than $25,  still not too bad..

Steve,

That's not a battleship, it's an aircraft carrier. 

I did have the aircraft carrier inthe shop for a while...them Stanley No.8c, type 9's are BIG.   and W I D E.....this one is a little easier to handle. 

More info on the No.7c......it has elements of both a type 8, and a type 9.     Might have been made right at the end of one, and the start of the next.   About like my old Dodge caravan.....2003 parts in a 2004 model.  

You just gotta love the big jointers!

I was looking at the plane and thinking it was older than a type 10. You might be correct in it is between the 8 and 9. Either way, it is a nice old plane and one to hang on to. They don't make those like that anymore.

Steve here is a screen capture I did from "The Superior Works" Page.

 

That is defiantly an older bottom. There may be a couple of pat dates on the lever arm also. At any rate it is a nice old plane and a nice job on the restoration.

Plane frog designs.tiff