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On a Stanley #26 I am rebuilding, the rear handle is ...well...JUNK Found a spare in the parts bin. No cracks, but the horn was broken off. Ground a flat spot where the new one would go. Needed some new wood.....hmmm, maybe a stick of Walnut? Thickness was to thin, but, IF I turned the block on it's face, and cut it to width that way...Then sit it in a clamp overnight. Well this afternoon, went down and removed the clamp. Used a Stanley #31 handle as a pattern of sorts. No carving chisels around.....AH, scrollsaw! Rough cut to the shapes needed. Now, how to smooth them out? Drag out the beltsander, place it handle down in the leg vise. Sand until I liked the shape, and the old finish was gone down to bare wood. Drilled a new hole for that brass thingy on top of the handle bolt Sitting behind the old tote. Those two extra brass screws is something that I will leave out of this rebuild. Another look Time to install this thing, and give a BLO bath Sitting on top of the beltsander I use. Another look? will be giving this entire plane a rub down. 1 coat on the handle, 2 coats on the rest of the wood wroks. BTW: Walnut dust STINKS!!! Nasty smelling stuff.
