One of the "treasures" brought home from Wapak..

I've already rehabbed the Defiance plane, and cleaned the drills up...which left that wood bodied Jack plane...

 

Needed a blade/iron/cutter.....Well, I did have a chunk of decent iron handy..

This is the half that is "leftover"...went back as far as this was flat....used the grinder to cut a deep groove..

Because this chunk of steel was laughing at my hacksaws...got as deep as I could, then snapped the "good" part off.  Beginning to think someone had re-worked an old lawnmower blade.    More grinding.....beltsander......more grinding...wound up with an almost flat "back"  and a cambered bevel...

2" wide iron....could have been a tad wider.  Will work on the sharpening later...

Had to trim the wedge a bit....will refine the cut later.   It was sticking up further than the iron was.

Finish the sharpening, may see about tightening the handle a bit...finish the wedge a bit..will do for now.  May try to find out how thick the iron is.....

Stay tuned....

16 minutes ago, steven newman said:

which left that wood bodied Jack plane...

 

Needed a blade/iron/cutter.....Well, I did have a chunk of decent iron handy..

Great save and re-purpose. I'd just seen a YOu-tube about re-using old lawn mower blades to make irons & chisels...hadn't thought of that...probably need to dig some out of the scrap iron pile???

Any maker name or city on the body anywhere? Is the handle dovetailed into the body? Gonna' be a pretty nice 'ole user plane when you get done with it.

Handle seems to have been dovetailed in...then a "plug" was added to lock it in place...with a nail into each.   May try to redo.

 

Iron is 1/4" thick!    Sparks were "forked"....first few grinds, I used oil to cool it down a bit....last one was with water.....now, I need to go out and buy a few new hacksaw blades....now have two hacksaw blades without any teeth.

 

Someone had "forged"  a round handle on the end....long ago.   May look at using the non-handle section....IF I can hammer it flat....has a bit of a curve to it...

 

Haven't found much of any markings on the body...yet.

Edited November 8, 20187 yr by steven newman

15 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Haven't found much of any markings on the body...yet.

Most of them i have seen had a maker stamped into the nose or heel.

10 hours ago, steven newman said:

.now have two hacksaw blades without any teeth.

Time to see the dentist! Nice re-cycle on the blade.

John

Edited November 8, 20187 yr by HARO50

 Looks great Steve. Good to see some life brought back into the tools.

IF I read the scratchings on the toe....I seem to see an O H I O   as in Ohio Tool Co.   out of Columbus, OH.  factory was washed away during the 1913 floods....they merged with Auburn Tool Co. after that.    I seem to recall a factory up river at Charleston, WV.....

You can use those slick hacksaw blades for small knives! Looks good when you put a deer antler on for handle!

I'll never look at a lawn mower blade the same again....

Old hacksaw blades cut in half and paired up with a 

wood handle makes good glue spreaders for tight

spaces.