Blackswanwood
Still Learning
I spotted this in the window of a second hand shop in London just before lockdown ...
It cost £5 and was "rediscovered" while searching for something at the end of last week having been shoved in a box of odds and sods at the back of a cupboard.
I've dated it as having been manufactured between 1976 and 1988 with a bit of help over on Woodhaven2. It's been made in England but isn't really a great advert for British Workmanship with a wonky frog and some rough casting. I don't know why Record used that varnish/lacquer as it always cracks ...
At some point it has had some sticky goo spilt on it. I'm pretty sure this wasn't to try and protect against rust but in any case there is no pitting and just a bit of surface rust.
I don't like the split steel y lever (probably a cost cutting measure?) but in fairness it works fine.
First job was remove the gunk ...
The surface rust cleaned off quite easily with 600 grit wet and dry. There are a few chips in the enamel paint ...
... which I touched up first with primer.
You may have spotted in an earlier picture that the rear handle had a crack in it. It broke when I looked at it.
The cause of the wobbly frog was self evident - where it sits on the plane body had some rough casting which I tidied up with a mill file.
I was careful to take the minimum of material off and also checked that the underside of the frog was flat. It now sits square.
A bit of "brassoing" was called for ...
Continued in next post ...
It cost £5 and was "rediscovered" while searching for something at the end of last week having been shoved in a box of odds and sods at the back of a cupboard.
I've dated it as having been manufactured between 1976 and 1988 with a bit of help over on Woodhaven2. It's been made in England but isn't really a great advert for British Workmanship with a wonky frog and some rough casting. I don't know why Record used that varnish/lacquer as it always cracks ...
At some point it has had some sticky goo spilt on it. I'm pretty sure this wasn't to try and protect against rust but in any case there is no pitting and just a bit of surface rust.
I don't like the split steel y lever (probably a cost cutting measure?) but in fairness it works fine.
First job was remove the gunk ...
The surface rust cleaned off quite easily with 600 grit wet and dry. There are a few chips in the enamel paint ...
... which I touched up first with primer.
You may have spotted in an earlier picture that the rear handle had a crack in it. It broke when I looked at it.
The cause of the wobbly frog was self evident - where it sits on the plane body had some rough casting which I tidied up with a mill file.
I was careful to take the minimum of material off and also checked that the underside of the frog was flat. It now sits square.
A bit of "brassoing" was called for ...
Continued in next post ...
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