Rescued Record No5 1/2 Plane

[kenneth cooke]

Like these? Going to order these next week with some other bits.

http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Crow ... -19732.htm

No they are not very nice, Brazilian Rosewood and as this tree is now on the endangered list they can only be obtained second hand, and as I mentioned one can acquire them through old tool dealers- I got mine from Ray Isles

 

[kenneth cooke]

It is a shame you removed the patina from the handle and tote. The earlier ones were Rosewood but this one looks like Beech.

I've never seen a Record beech handle with anything I'd call patina. crazed and chipped varnish is more common. The chipping is both ugly and uncomfortable on the hand; it also exposes the bare wood to dirt, which is ugly.

My solution is to strip to bare wood (beech) stain as per original (somewhere dark-ish like Rustins mahogony or rosewood, or a mixture), and then uses several thin application of an oil finish.

Yes it does look very nice- still using the original iron I see

BugBear

 

[bugbear]

Yes it does look very nice- still using the original iron I see

Since it's one of Record's earlier ones (it's even laminated!) it works fine, and saves me around 25 quid!

Some of my plane "fleet" do have replacement blades, but not my humble (but beloved) Record #05 jack.

BugBear

 

[Racers]

Hi,

I agree with Bugbear those square shouldered laminated blades are excellent, but not quite as good as my home made 3mm O1 steel blades.


Pete

 

[Chems]

So BB what do you think of the plane overall? Obviously requires handle finish but.....

 

[bugbear]

So BB what do you think of the plane overall? Obviously requires handle finish but.....

Overall - pretty good. As your experience grows, you'll get the skills to exploit the superior original blade.

You might consider disassembling and polishing up the little parts - fairly easy work if you have a small engineers vice and a FINE wire brush. For $DEITY's sake don't use a power wire brush.

The little grooves in the depth adjuster knob can be (very easily) polished using chrome polish carried on string and used "shoe-shine" style.

I can normally clean up all the little parts (adjusters, bolts, washers etc) in around an hour (yes, I've done enough planes to judge an average!)

I would get a finish on that handle pronto - if the wood gets dirty, you'll have to sandpaper it again, which is well worth avoiding.

We'll talk about serious performance tuning another time.

BugBear

 

[Lynch]

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?

 

[Chems]

Hammerite Metal Paint blue. Ive still got the bottle left over. If you want it name your price and I'll send it on.

 

[Smudger]

I've used Smoothrite, rather than Hammerite (smooth finish, natch) - and the darker of the 2 blues available. Looks like a good match.

 

[woodbloke]

I've used Smoothrite, rather than Hammerite (smooth finish, natch) - and the darker of the 2 blues available. Looks like a good match.

Same here Dick, Smoothrite is the stuff to use - Rob

 

[Chems]

Sorry thats what I meant, it was woodbloke who recommend it to me.


BB I only just saw your relpy must have missed it. Ive just got some diamond stones and am learning to use them properly, once Ive got the hang of it that old blade is the first thing thats getting sharpened!