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Thanks for the feedback everyone 8). I enjoy cleaning up old tools, my only problem now is the wall's starting to get full - in a bad kind of way: It's probably messy compared to most workshops, so I need to build some sort of cabinet to store my growing collection of tools and stop them...

Last night I removed the handle and tried fine wet and dry paper on the blade, which removed quite a bit of rust, and made the blade smooth, although it didn't remove any of the discolouration, and couldn't get much off near the teeth because it would just wear the teeth down. I was reluctant to...

That would have been weird, but I actually acquired it from a relative who is a retired carpenter. I'll see if there is varnish on the blade and try to remove it, hopefully :) .

Hi everyone, I don't have much experience with saws, and am interested in restoring this saw need some tips on how to make it better: I believe it is a good quality saw, the blade reads Sandvik Tradition. The first problem is that I have tried sharpening the teeth with a saw file, which has...

That looks great! Must have been lots of hard work. It makes mine look like rubbish - if you can call a piece of 25mm MDF reinforced with softwood and woodscrews a workbench :oops:.

Good job. I have been working on a Record 5½, but mine has a dark (rosewood?) handle the same as the knob. What paint did you use for the body?

Hi I'm new here, but I just thought that I would show some photos of a plane that I restored. You will probably cringe at the pictures, but it is my first attempt, and I think it looks and works okay, but I enjoyed it, and any tips are welcome :D . 1 How it looked before. 2 The finish on...