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Before an after: Stanley #31

steven newman
steven newman
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 Bought this "thing" at a yard sale for $15ning-sdc15627-10742-82.jpg?width=750Front corner had issues, maybe from rot.  Tote had a broken horn.  Iron was ground funky(found out why later) and the mout looked a little off( yep, it was out of square)  Had a spare tote, and sanded it to match the old tote. 




had a spare knob to act as a replacement, until the front one was fixed up.  Iron works need derusting, and new black paint.  Brass wheel was shined  up.    Screws and bolts cleaned up.  


Next, that iron.    Flattened the back, squared the edge, and shapened down to 2k grit and the strop.


Installed the iron in the plane.....it was digging in on one side?   Got to checking things out, not the irons total faultning-sdc15660-10742-2.jpg?width=750That sharpie line is square to the sides.   Needed to cut it back to that line, and recheck for squarening-sdc15663-10742-42.jpg?width=750Getting there, while I was at it, worked on getting the sole flat and square across the width and length, seems it was worn on the right side quite a bit, too.  Clamped the body upright in the vise and  reshaped the bed for the ironning-sdc15661-10742-62.jpg?width=750Pretty looking, ain't it?    Once the bed was done, install everything and make another test drivening-sdc15666-10742-12.jpg?width=750Hey, it is a jointer plane, right.   That knob is a replacement, while I worked over the original onening-sdc15668-10742-90.jpg?width=750Not sure which I like. The BLO turned the old lnob almost black.  Added the BLO to the rest of the planening-sdc15669-10742-76.jpg?width=750Black front corner was from some sort of rot/water damage?   Otherwise, not too bad a looking 120 year old plane?   Stanley #31, about 1892 or so... 










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

Nice save on that one Steve. Looks a lot better now and hey you saved it from the firewood pile.



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Nice job Steve!



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Might be a second plane in the works, IF I can find enough partsning-sdc15681-10743-30.jpg?width=721about a jack plane size..



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

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