I decided to take a weekend off from restoring the tenoning machine and take it easy and restore a hand plane that I just picked up. Friday a guy at work told me about a local antique shop that I didn't know about so after work I went and checked it out.

Right away I spotted a couple of way-overpriced No. 5's and a few beat up block planes. I also found a nice 45 that made me choke when I looked at the price. Feeling a little bummed cause I didn't have a whole lot of money in my pocket I decided to leave, that's when I spotted another plane hiding in the middle of a bunch of junk on a shelf ... A Stanley Bed Rock Type 6 605½ C. It was dirty and rusty and a little abused but there was no major damage and no cracks in the body. Best of all I had enough money for it. I gave the cashier the $15.00 for it and headed for the shop.

It's a nice sized plane and feels good in the hands. It's 15" long and 2¼" wide with a corrugated sole, which I like.

Here's a couple of pics before I started restoring it.

I striped it down and threw the body, frog, lever cap and cap iron in the spooge tank for the night. This got rid of all the rust and most of the japanning. I finished cleaning it up with a wire brush.

Next I lapped the sole and sides of the plane starting with 220 grit wet/dry and ending with 8000 grit. This gave the sides and sole a nice mirror finish. I also sharpened the blade using the "Scarey Sharp" system using the same grit papers.

This is a jig I made a few years ago out of 1/2 aluminum to hold the paper nice and tight. It's probably not dead flat but it's close enough and I have lapped a lot of planes with it.

The tote had broke near the top and was repaired sometime long ago. It was ugly but structurally sound, so I did a little filing, filling and sanding and it turned out looking pretty nice . It was also cracked in the middle so I spread it apart as much as I could without breaking it and worked some glue into the crack. The worse part was another break near the bottom of the tote that had a large chunk of wood missing on one side. You can kinda see it in the third pic above.

I took the two pieces and filed the mating surfaces flat, drilled and dowel it and glued it together. After the glue set up I took a file and filed the side where the chuck of wood was missing and fit a piece of rosewood in it.

After the glue set up I filed and shaped it. I was pretty happy with the way it turned out. I gave it a couple coats of shellac and rubbed it out. The patch blends in pretty good.

The body, frog and underside of the lever cap got 3 coats of Sherwin Williams Industrial Pro Urethane paint which I brushed on. I mixed about 10 percent chromaflow flow enhancer with it which leaves the paint nice and smooth. It looks as close to the original japanning as I have been able to find.

The end results.

Good looking plane for 15 bucks

Thanks for reading,

Shane

 And they call me a BANDIT?    LOL   Very nice little plane.  

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

Wow that is an awesome looking plane. You do some awesome restoration work that looks so brand new!

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John Moody
Site Administrator


John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com

Thanks guys. I haven't posted many of my hand tools, I'll post more soon. Sometimes I enjoy restoring the hand tools more than the machines. Quick and easy and can usually get them done in a day or two.

Great job, that plane looks as if it is brand new

 

Great buy Shane!  Maybe you can get a TV show about restoration.  No wait, that's already been done.

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Ron Dudelston
Site Administrator

Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Wow, that looks beautiful!  Awesome! 

my word. That is gorgeous!

Shane,

The "Master" strikes again ! ! !

 

Larry

Old Woodworking Machinery Forum Host

Pardon my ignorance please, but what is and what do you have in your spooge pot ?  That is a remarkable accomplishment with that $15 Plane. Thanks for sharing your efforts.

Leo,

An explanation is here,

http://www.thepatriotwoodworker.com/forum/topics/rust-removal-by-electrolysis

There is a link there also that has diagrams.

 

Larry

Old Woodworking Machinery Forum Host

Larry beat me to it.

The spooge tank is for the electrolysis.  The links Larry posted will explain how it all works. Also a google search will show lots more info.  I think there is a couple youtube videos on it too.

Leo Pedersen said:

Pardon my ignorance please, but what is and what do you have in your spooge pot ?  That is a remarkable accomplishment with that $15 Plane. Thanks for sharing your efforts.

Loving it Shane.  Great job! 

 

Thanks Larry and Shane. I think I might give that a try. May be back with more questions.

Leo

Nicely done. Great work!

Chris Mobley

www.cmobleydesigns.com

 $15 for a bedrock 605-1/2?     Hmmm.    Other forums would give you the "YOU SUCK"  award for the year.   I guess i had better get out and about ( with the tax refund) and see what I can  "Bandito-ize".   

BTW, GREAT JOB on the restoration! (  you still suck  ;-))   )  Makes me want to try again......

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

Shane,

 Great job on the plane. ( keep 'em coming I love to see your restorations ). I've been using the same

paint and trying to learn to brush paint without leaving brush marks. Brushing suits my style of working much better than

spraying. Using the same brand paint that you mentioned, I added Flood Penetrol and got ok results. Next I'm going to try to

increase the Penetrol and slow down the brush a little. Have you tried Penetrol ?Should I switch to Chromoflow?

 

Bob

Thanks Bob, I haven't tried the Penetrol yet but I know a lot of guys use it.

I like brushing too, it's a lot better quality job than spraying. One thing I have found is a thicker coat levels better than a thin coat but takes longer to dry, and if you give it more than one coat add a few more hours to the manufactures recommended dry time between coats. Also make sure you use a good quality brush. I use a Corona brush that I really like and also have a couple of Purdy brushes and get good results with them.

I'm sure you have seen the brush painting article on the Vintage Machinery site, but in case ya haven't here is a link http://wiki.vintagemachinery.org/GetFile.aspx?File=High%20Quality%20Brush%20Painting.pdf

Lots of great info there.

Good luck