Got the first one in the mail today, since the thursday morning rust hunt was a dead end.  

 STRANGE LITTLE  CRITTER!   SO UGLY THAT.......it is almost cute..

 not much to it, eitherthat is all there is.   Seven parts.    Alomost like a block plane with handles.    It is about the same size (almost) as a #3 sized planeMillers Falls #8 sitting behind it.  

Currently in Re-Hab..

 Still two to go?  One might be here tomorrow in the mail.   Unlike W.C. Fields, it is trying to get out of Philly...

   Number three?  Find out in a few hours IF I have to drive to Lima, OH to pick it up.  30 miles, one way.  Or, $17.00 in shipping & handling.....

Pictures after while of the rehabbed critter...

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This is one STRANGE plane

Sharpened it up, installed the iron bevel down.....didn't work right

Installed it bevel up, like a block plane..... still not right.    lever cap won't lock the iron in place, and KEEP it there.  

 Went and got an iron and capiron from a Stanley #110 (it does fit, too)  and adjusted the known sharp iron to make a decent shaving,  and it worked.    looks really strange...   cap iron's rear end is straight up in the air!  

                         hmmm. back to the drawing board on this one....stay tuned...

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Lima plane was a victum of a sniper, not a big deal though, just a Handyman #4..

A very nice Dunlap is coming in the mail, maybe tomorrow?

 As for that "Critter" plane, might "francken-plane time" 

film at 11:00....

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Well, it IS 11:00 somewhere, right?    Francken planesA #110 parts ona critter plane, plus, critter parts on the 110!     Strange, RARE , Vintage (about like something in an old oak barrel?)  A handled block plane is "born".. a look at the back ends?But wait, there is more!   SIDE VIEWS even!Don't look like this family tree "forked" at all?   But, they do have sole....

Just a $3 plane, might as well have a wee bit of fun with it...

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Well, plane #2 is stuck up in Cleveland today, I think.

 Plane #3 will not be happening from ebay,

However, rust hunt has found a Stanley #31, block plane parts (needs an iron.  $3 at Home Depot) and a saw set.   $19.50 for the haul.. 

 budget was about $20, so that's blown.     They also had  a Stanley #29 Jack plane with a Liberty Bell cap iron.   About four egg-beater drills, saws that were just short of butter knife in sharpness, with a miter box.   A few power tools, in sets, and four horse collars. 

Will be get a few photos later, after a clean up...

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Steve what kind is that on the left in the next to last picture?

Interesting.

The lever cap block plane is interesting also.

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Why, that is the Infamous Harbor Freight "Windsor #33 handplane" that is now a $9 scrub plane.

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OK, plane number two has just arrived!A #4 sized Dunlap.  Might spend a bit of time getting this one cleaned up.   It has a strange looking lever capnot sure if that cavity is where a spring was supposed to go?  Rest looks decentLooks like a Stanley made plane?     Note the bolt hole in the iron? it is at the top of the iron, the other Dunlap iron I have on hand, the hole is at the bottom of the iron.  sole will take a ride, after while, on the beltsander express...

$4 + S&H from PA.

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