tobytools
Established Member
Evening gent,
Here's a job I did last week or so.
I picked this spires up off eBay cheap, i think most where put off from the amount of work needed or the fact it was over cleaned (scratched brass)
When I received this plane, once the iron was sharpened it worked... But the old repair was dreadful brass screw through tote vertically and the worst joining ever. so I had in mind to replace the old repair but keep the top original rosewood of the tote.
There is a vertical screw going from the underside of tote upwards (like most of the design) for strength.
Trying to unscrew this was impossible :s and I couldn't think why. "Maby it's a super hard glue" so after some advice I boiled the kettle, "not for tea" and poured over the areas in question to soften the bond, this worked! Only with the top half of the tote and what I saw shocked me, the reason I couldn't unscrew as because it was in fact a bolt with the nut!! The top of the tote was hollow with poxy filing it. Not a bad idea originally but for me this sucked, the top I the tote was cracked and just not going to do. The bottom section couldn't be removed in the same fashion so I cut the lower part off and morticed out the remaining wood (oak I think) to allow me to fit new part.
I even had a suitable piece of wood to replace the lower portion.
I'd like to say I carved and crafted the "now" replacement but I didn't. A previous infill job I did I replace both infill and kept them as templates and spares, you've guessed it, I used that tote. I had to shape the tennon to a tight fit and sand of old finish, the wood was mahogany. once again using my powder stains I coloured it to replicate rosewood and I'm very happy with the end result.
The new coloured tote was then glued into the now morticed slot. I may add a screw for extra support horizontally through the tote into the rear infill.
For now it's fine and works a treat, I tested it on some cherrie and it worked beautifully.
There is some damage to the front infill but this I will leave as I don't want to change to much.
Hopefully this repair will be classed as a craftsman repair and not a bodge job.
Please feel free to share advice or anything. I'm always looking for ways to improve.
Thanks guys.
Sorry i blabbed on and on.
TT
Here's a job I did last week or so.
I picked this spires up off eBay cheap, i think most where put off from the amount of work needed or the fact it was over cleaned (scratched brass)
When I received this plane, once the iron was sharpened it worked... But the old repair was dreadful brass screw through tote vertically and the worst joining ever. so I had in mind to replace the old repair but keep the top original rosewood of the tote.
There is a vertical screw going from the underside of tote upwards (like most of the design) for strength.
Trying to unscrew this was impossible :s and I couldn't think why. "Maby it's a super hard glue" so after some advice I boiled the kettle, "not for tea" and poured over the areas in question to soften the bond, this worked! Only with the top half of the tote and what I saw shocked me, the reason I couldn't unscrew as because it was in fact a bolt with the nut!! The top of the tote was hollow with poxy filing it. Not a bad idea originally but for me this sucked, the top I the tote was cracked and just not going to do. The bottom section couldn't be removed in the same fashion so I cut the lower part off and morticed out the remaining wood (oak I think) to allow me to fit new part.
I even had a suitable piece of wood to replace the lower portion.
I'd like to say I carved and crafted the "now" replacement but I didn't. A previous infill job I did I replace both infill and kept them as templates and spares, you've guessed it, I used that tote. I had to shape the tennon to a tight fit and sand of old finish, the wood was mahogany. once again using my powder stains I coloured it to replicate rosewood and I'm very happy with the end result.
The new coloured tote was then glued into the now morticed slot. I may add a screw for extra support horizontally through the tote into the rear infill.
For now it's fine and works a treat, I tested it on some cherrie and it worked beautifully.
There is some damage to the front infill but this I will leave as I don't want to change to much.
Hopefully this repair will be classed as a craftsman repair and not a bodge job.
Please feel free to share advice or anything. I'm always looking for ways to improve.
Thanks guys.
Sorry i blabbed on and on.
TT
