It has Been a bit since I have popped up here with a project.  Two teens playing basketball will really limit shop time so I have been pecking  away at at a project here and there this winter.   Thought I would share a little about this old jointer project.  

 

I bought this one at auction for a whopping 5 bucks!  It needed a little TLC but was in overall decent shape so I bought it home.  The tote was loose, there was some checking on the ends, and it had evidence of minor bug infestation.  I started by trying to remove the tote.  Sadly, the tote split during removal and confirmed my suspicions about the insects so I chiseled out the remaining pieces of the tote and headed to the house with the body.  I cleared the plan with the significant other and baked the body at 200 degrees for several hours.  That should slow the critters down a little bit!  The only problem with the oven was that the checking increased in width a bit with the heat and caused a bit of twist in the body.  I mixed some 2 part epoxy and thinned it a bit with a few seconds in the microwave.  I ran the epoxy into the checking to hopefully stabilize them.  I also filled the bore holes with super glue.  The body was then passed over my 8 inch jointer with a couple light passes to true it up.  The iron and chip breaker did 36 hours in vinegar during this time, followed by wire brushing and sharpening.  The wedge was in good shape overall so I just cleaned it up a bit.  I made a new tote from Walnut as it was stock I had that was thick enough to fit the bill.  I increased the height of the tote a bit for my big hands.  I am not totally pleased with the results on the tote as it nearly interferes with the iron but it will work, I believe.  I cleaned the body a bit more than usual and brought out the sandpaper to finish the job.  I did this to clean up the epoxy remnants and smooth out the remaining splinters.  I included the only before shot I had where it is roughly in the middle of the shot.  I generally prefer the iron planes but have been wanting a few all wood models in my kit.  This one was a little more work than planned.  They always are!  

Edited November 21, 20178 yr by Ron Dudelston
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Beautiful!

impressive resurrection...

Excellent restoration...saved another from extinction.

 

Looks like the overall hunt went pretty well that day from all the carcasses in the truck...I'd said you got your limits... 

Great restore!    When is the rest of thehaul to get done?

Thanks all for the kind words.  As for the other tools, most of the planes are in the shop with a TBD timeframe.  Many have something or other missing.   I did clean and sharpen a couple of the saws in this grouping last fall.  There were 4 unbreakable block planes in the group.  I cleaned up the Stanley but havent gotten to the Sargents seen in the picture.  I guess they havent caught my fancy too much as of yet.

 

The bucket of chisels were sorted into "keep or sell" and about 3/4 of them I sold online to support the habit so to speak.  I will probably get through more of these as time permits.  Cold weather and parenting keep my shop time down these days, as I said before.  I truly have more to clean up than time to do it right now.  I included a couple more shots for fun.

Here is a couple of the saws after scrubby dubby....the Spear and Jackson is a little long in the tooth as they say.  It is a split nut vintage saw and, surprisingly, the nib is stll there.  I gifted the backsaw to my wifes uncle who wanted one just for general use in his garage.

Edited February 14, 20179 yr by Bundoman

Very nice!  Some more history preserved.

corner brace?   let us know how that turns out... 

Nice find and restoration of the jointer. Thanks for sharing and preserving some woodworking history.