April 24, 201610 yr Popular Post Just picked myself some new to me edge treatment planes and I need to gloat. All 16 planes (in not even sure of all the cutting styles yet) for $5 each. Now I have to do some research as to how to best clean these up and return them to service Edited November 21, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston tags added
April 24, 201610 yr Author They are fairly clean already so I'm thinking I'll only need to sharpen them.
April 25, 201610 yr They look like they are in awesome condition. I believe you got a nice haul on those. Depending on how dirty they are I start cleaning them with Murphy's oil and soap. Rub it on, let it sit for a bit then rub it off. Repeat till you get it looking like you want it. Sometimes in order to get the names and numbers to come out I will put some Johnson's paste wax on them after they have been cleaned. I use this same method on the boxwood rulers I find.
May 3, 201610 yr I believe, based on the photo, that refurb work shouldnt be bad! They really look good for condition! I never see them this nice! Great find!
December 17, 20169 yr If you watch Roy Underhill these planes when used will be almost black. The old timers 200 plus years ago used lambs wool (lanolin) and wax to lube these and that would be normal and does not affect value nor workability. So I would recommend sharpen and use.
December 17, 20169 yr Awesome haul John! Those planes look to be in excellent shape and shouldn't take much to put them in service. I am happy for you.
December 19, 20169 yr On 12/17/2016 at 11:47 AM, Stick486 said: you have succeeded in making me jealous... great find John... Be careful, John...Stick and another nefarious character (who shall remain nameless) are known to plan and execute raids on recently acquired items...especially if they are so desirable...(if you start to suspect such activity, I have some additional space that will surely hide your planes securely) Nice find...
December 19, 20169 yr 3 hours ago, Nickp said: Stick and another nefarious character (who shall remain nameless) WHATTTT!!! HEY Schnooge... can ya believe Nick would say something like this... why I never......
December 20, 20169 yr @John HechelJohn, those are really nice finds...you're one lucky man to stumble upon a treasure trove like that... Saw this post originated back in March...how's the refurb going? Got any more pics?
December 22, 20169 yr Author they are sitting in a drawer basically untouched as of yet. perhaps this winter I'll have at them again.
December 22, 20169 yr Just now, John Hechel said: they are sitting in a drawer basically untouched as of yet. perhaps this winter I'll have at them again. Well, John that makes me feel better...at least I know I'm not the only one to stash my finds away for another day. The most important thing is you know where they're at...I can't say I always do.
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