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Well, spent $15 on a Stanley #26 Jack plane, with FREE shipping. Yeah right, I paid for the shipping and about $3 for the jack plane. Plane arrived this morning's mail. Lots of nasty looking parts. Broken and repaired, and broken again rear handle. Lots of other problems. A look at what came in the door ( can't help it, they seem to sneak in)and again There is actually two more brass screws holding what is left of the horn in place. Note #1 : Replace The yoke was ground off, so it didn't connect to the chipbreaker. Note#2: Have a spare, replace the yoke Iron was almost used up, had about 1/2" left until the edge hits the slot Note#3: replace, stow the oem one in the drawer. Sole was not only too thin ( screw for the front knob almost showing through) but it was tapered along it's length Note#4: re-sole, adjust for the taper Screws, bolts were rusty & crusty. Cleaned them up with the wire wheels. Glued a barn wood fir plank to the sole, and set it aside. Found a spare yoke, and installed it in the frog. Found an older tote, missing it'd horn. Found a chunk of walnut, and did a glue up on the replacement tote. After dinner, went back down to the shop. Glue had set up on the wood body repair. Ends were trimmed flush with a saw. the overhangs along the sides? "Ve haft vays.."Clamp the body into the vise, grab another Jack plane, and plane until flush. Got the sides done, time to open the mouth. Clamped the body flat to the benchtop. A few chisels to chop out the waste. Bed for the iron to sit on and the escapement inthe front, was roughly chopped out. mallet wasn't making any headway against the HARD 100 yr old woods, so a HAMMER went to work. Much better. Then a rasp, a couple files, and even some folded up sandpaper, to smooth it out.Then in checking the body, discovered that the body was STILL tapered, and too thick ( now) Laid out a line around the body, about 1-1/2" down from the top of the body. Turned the body sole up in a vise. Grabbed a big old try plane, and removed the high end. Then a #5-1/2 Jumbo Jack plane to smooth things flat, and to the lines. Almost, because the top had a curve up right in the middle. So, I just made thing s flat from end to end. Checked as I went with a straightedge and checked at the diagonals too. Re-assembled the plane, for about the fourth or fifth time. set up a pine test track. I guess i had better sharpen the Dunlap iron? Original iron is being stored away. The dunlap one is the same size, but almost new. Still need to carve on a new tote, and redrill a hole. I have one coat of BLO on the wood parts at the moment. Still thinking of repainting the ironworks, as about 30% of the OEM paint is gone. Plane is 15" long, and uses a 2" wide iron. Chipbreaker has a stamp that says "L. Bailey's Patent DEC 24 1867" The lateral has a STANLEY and a patent number. As soon as i finish cleaning the brass wheel, I can read the stamping inside it. Lot of work, so far. I am bushed! More tomorrow, maybe?
