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Some months back I was out picking and ran across this Stanley No 46 Dado and Plow Plane at a yard sale. It looked to be in pretty good condition with no cracks or breaks. This Combination plane was made from 1874 to 1942. The early versions were japanned. They were similar to the No.45 but with fewer blades and the blades were ground straight across and skewed. This one only had the blade that was in it and as I have learned, that is usually the case. If you can find extra blades they will usually cost more than the plane. The handle and knob were Rosewood. As you can see, it appears someone made a new knob for this one, but the handle is Rosewood. As with the No.45 it has a floral motif early on. The number was a little hard to read when I found it. Almost looks like it was ground off. Either that or it had a hard life as it looks like it was hammered on or dropped. But all in all it is a nice plane and will fit nicely in the display cabinet. I believe I have an extra Rosewood knob I can put on it to bring it back a little closer to original. I just love finding these!
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Well, got a Stanley plane in the mail the other day, a Birthday present from a buddy. A Stanley No. 39, 3/8" Dado plane.. It was missing a few items, though. Went over to nhplaneparts to see what Eric had He did had two of the three bolts to hold the nickers with....about $10 for the pair....pass He did have a nicker, since I was missing that one, I placed an order for it. A wee bit too tiny of an object to work on, with my eyes.... He did not have the 3/8" cutter. I happen to have a "spare" tappett wrench. Should be some decent steel in it, right. Started to cut the piece I needed off the wrench ( still a bit of a wrench left) and got a tub of water to sit by the grinder....going to be a LONG day This is where things started, laid the "blank" on the plane, to see where to cut stuff out Yep, gonna take awhile. Trying NOT to burn the steel, had a water trail across the floor from all the dunking. Got things a little closer, used the beltsander to ease the grinder marks For one thing, the edge is beveled at an angle, the iron itself needs to be tapered, the iron sits in the plane at an angle. Back to the grinder. Kept thinning things down, refining bevels, smoothing out grinder roughness. Finally got things to fit, almost Now, being the cheapskate I am, I decided to save a few dollars. Went to Lowes and picked up a tap & drill, and a pack of small bolts. Looked the same size....some dummy forgot his glasses.. For you see, the tap was for 6-32 bolts.....pack of bolts I bought were 8-32 ones...ooops. So, while waiting on the Boss to get ready to drive me to Lowes, again.....drilled the four holes to hold the nickers on. Nice and easy to do, Then put the tap into a tap wrench And gave it a spin. No problems, tap was dry, spun easy. Ok, off to lowes for bolts, and other stuff ( honey-do supplies) Installed the bolts as deep as I could, from the left hand side. The right hand side was flat, so if the bolts stuck out ( they did) I could grind them flush better. Had to be careful to just grind the bolts. Couple of which wanted to spin back out. Cleaned and sharpened the one nicker i did have. Went to install the bolts for it....they wouldn't go through the slot on the nicker. Well, drill bit was still in the drill press....a wiggle here and there to make some room. Try again....yep, they fit. Cranked down the two bolts, and set the other two into their own holes. Then tried to make a shaving....nicker works, but no shavings? Ah, needs more cutter adjustment. Ground the iron a bit thinner, to open the mouth enough for a shaving to sneak through. Finally got some! Well, about it, until the other nicker shows up, but here is the plane so far As for the new tap? Might have to add a hole to stash it in Getting a might full, though. Long day, might have been worth it?
