Was a small box.   Inside that small box wasanother box, inside a bunch of bubble wrap ( BUBBLE WRAP???? YEAH!)  Inside the bubble wrapped box was a cute little buggerA  Millers Falls #1455 Low Angle Block Plane.  NIB, no less!    Even has a label still on the cap ironSeems to be a 12 degree angle to the bed.   Iron might be at 25 degrees.  NO RUST, darn it all, no fun there.   A wee bit of wood dust under things. Might take half a day to get back to like new?  Stay tuned, there might be some shavings when this is cleaned up...

This is my FIRST Low Angle block plane.   May not be a Bronze whatever, but @ $25, it is the MOST I've ever spent on just a block plane.    Modeled after the Stanley #61.

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Planer? I'm the 'planer', and these are what I use...

That is a nice find Steve. It looks perfect. I can't wait to see those paper thin shavings when you get through with it.

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John Moody
Site Administratorhttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com
“Don’t make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary and useful, don’t hesitate to make it beautiful.†Shaker Saying

Very cool.

Great score, Steve!

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time Traveler and Purveyor of the Universe's Finest Custom Rolling Pins!

Ok, here goes.   Flattened the sole, using both the beltsander, and a sandpaper on tile trick. Lines from a black sharpie.   This was before all the sandingAnd the after shot.   There was a couple of big burrs, one out front.   I also worked on the insidesand polished the end of the cap iron. It was a might rough & burry.    Cleaned the ramp for the iron, as well.   Speaking of iron, I even went and cleaned up the jig to sharpen these sort of things, and then reset it @ 25 degreesThen set up the belt sander, againand a cup of water on the bench.    Turn the sander on, and place two to four fingers down near the edge, (no, my finger nails did NOT get trimmed) and found out that one side was a bit out of square.  So, more pressure on that corner, to try and square it up.   Iron did have the "Factory grind" to it, too.  Once the beltsander had done all it could, it was off to the stoneAnd the sandpaper on the tile, as well.   Did all of this help out?eh...could be...    May go back and regring the edge to either 30, or 35 Degrees, though.   The "brownish" plane is a Stanley 9-1/2 Cordovan block plane.    Also redone to my specs...

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Planer? I'm the 'planer', and these are what I use...

Steve, Great job and nice pictures. 

You need to do a tutorial. Your specs produce some nice curls. Us novices need to learn from you.

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Let us know how you like it.  Looks like a great addition.