One of these #3 planes got torn down, cleaned up, and put back together, today.   warning:  Tain't purtty at the start....

Warned ya, didn't I ?   PBBlaster soaked for a while, then started a tear down.   Took a bit of prying to get two items loose

Hammer to adjust the lateral lever out of the way, to get the tote off ( didn't wait long enough on the soak, snapped the bolt off for the tote...easy-out..)

More "fun"...getting all of these apart....BIG screwdriver, hammer, and a pair of visegrips....

IF you are afraid to get your hand very, very DIRTY...turn back now....I left well enough alone, with the front bolt....will let it soak a while..

Usual wire wheels, belt sanders, and even a ROS....and a couple of shop rags....Visegrips to hold small parts while I clean things up....

getting there..

Almost done...

Sole looks better than it did...Iron may or may not get reused...kind of thin..Turtle wax Polishing Compound to shine things up..

Handles got all the crud cleaned off...time to put things back together, for now...( until I bring the Easy Out kit to the shop..)

What I started with...

And what it looks like....after 2 hours of soak and work...

May work on either the Craftsman No. 3, or the Stanley No. 6, Type 7/8 next....or wait until tomorrow...

I must say, that is rather amazing. As a (semi) retired rust hunter, I know that, when out on a hunt, I would not have given that plane a second look. Too much work for me. Seeing how far you took it in just two hours really blows my mind. Great work. How is the sole? Is it pitted badly? The rest of the body doesn’t look too bad in the pics. 

Sole isn't too hateful...has a line of pitting along one edge...like it laid in water on it's side for a while.  

Like Adam, I  certainly would have walked past that to whatever was next in line. Great recovery on your part. It does give the term "rust" hunting a deeper meaning.

Edited September 2, 20196 yr by Fred W. Hargis Jr

Just did a tear down, clean up, and abit of shapening...to the Craftsman #3....aka Sargent 408...

The one on the right...was in a little better shape, than the Stanley..

This is the "Before" pictures....need to take the camera to the shop, after the battery is charged up, and get the "After" shots...including....Shavings...

 

So...here we go..

Same plane as above...

Cleaned up nicely...

Have stripped the flaky finish off....will add a coat of Amber Shellac, later...

Decent sole? 

Will see IF I can get to this, tomorrow....Stanley No. 6, Type 7/8...right now, waiting of glue to set up, as the tote has a crack in it....right along the bottom edge.

Stay tuned..

Edited September 2, 20196 yr by steven newman

You certainly worked magic on those. I couldn't have imagined there was anything worth salvaging from the looks of it. Now had it been an extremely rare plane........maybe.

The Stanley No. 6, type 7/8.....is done....what I started with....

Was missing a few parts, too...

Lever cap, iron, chipbreaker...so....spares box provided the needed parts.  so...

Cleaned the sides.  Repaired a cracked handle.  Cleaned up a lever cap...sharpened an iron from a Stanley No. 29 that was wrecked...and adapted the chipbreaker to match it's new home ( cut a new slot for the depth adjuster tab.) Oh, and cleaned the sole...

Got the bolts all cleaned up, and the frog ( once two stuck bolts were"un-stuck")   Most of the original Japanning was gone....or flaking off.   two coats of Black Rustoleum the stuff with the primer in it...

Waited 15 minutes between coats, both a bit heavy..Brass was shined up...

Frog cleaned up, repainted where needed...bolts shined up, washers and all.

Frog's seat was then cleaned of paint....

Lateral lever was cleaned up.  Has STANLEY stamped in it...starting beside the s in stanley...appears to be a few patent dates...2 or 3?

Underside of the frog, and under the tote..."S" stands for the Sessions Foundry  that Stanley used for a while....

And the view of the "back porch".   1" brass wheel was cleaned up...iron was touched up a bit...and....

This 410 plane is back in service.   Did I ever mention, that I have a Stanley No. 6c?

A wee bit newer than the new one....

I traded for the #6c awhile back, and now the newest one was $10....not too bad?

As for the sole on the Stanley Defiance #3?

Will know more, once the bolt for the rear handle is fixed...

 

May work on that Marsh block plane next...we'll see..

My finger is tired from all the scrolling to read about all the work.

These restores are always fascinating.  It's almost overwhelming.  Great work and those look great.  The appear to have been recovered from a body of water.  

Or, a wet Barn....or shed...or carport....

 

May have to build a few shelves to store all of these on....

Ok, went to the basement..SLOWLY...knees do NOT like stairs, right now....Time was 1907hrs....at 1950 hrs, had to stop working on a block plane...in that almost hour long session...

Cleaned the base up, sprayed a bit of Black paint, then cleaned the excess off...Sharpened the iron to 2,000 grit...and cleaned the rest of the parts..

Found some lettering, too...

"M"  and a "B"?  Cap iron is missing the locking lever, not that big of a deal...Iron's logo came out nicely

All the way from Rockford ILL  USA...

Got the toe to move a bit more easily, got the sole looking good....for a block plane...

Assembled  for a test drive....hmmm, needed tweaked a bit, and tightened up, then a second try...

May have been a tad too deep?  So, maybe this $18+tax Marsh plane is about done?

and..

I wonder where they stole the idea for the finger grips?

 

Cleaning supplies...had run out of the oil....lost my wire brush, and that is the "oil stone" I tend to use...comes in a package..

To where I can start at 1K, and go up to 2.5K grits.  About $4 at Wall E World...

All that is left to do, for the rehab stuff...is finish up a spokeshave..

A Stanley #54....then I can start building some shelves, for all of the "goodies"....

21 hours ago, steven newman said:

or carport.

Mine is DRY.  But then I don't keep tools in it.  

Looks like a lot of stuff i find at our local junk yard....

Except...I put these to work...what is not to like...about a $10 No.6 small jointer, that work as good, if not better than the current WoodRiver No. 6 Crosman is pitching....

 

Or...a $5 Stanley No. 3, type 11...

That even likes working on Ash..

Works for me....used this plane on end grain, too

Might be worth the $5?

I haven't had much luck in finding those older panes but keep an eye out at local "Used Goods" stores. Still need to find a good block plane and a jointer plane for those board wider than my planer.

On 9/26/2019 at 8:10 AM, sreilly24590 said:

I haven't had much luck in finding those older panes but keep an eye out at local "Used Goods" stores. Still need to find a good block plane and a jointer plane for those board wider than my planer.

Just go on a trip and watch the antique stores. Got half or more of mine that way. You can also check eBay but be careful there. I have noticed the last couple years fewer planes but maybe it is the 26 in the shop makes those out there 👀 like short supply