Silk purse from a sow's ear? Any advice?

[Inspector]

Someone is special to have had you make honey out of dog #### and a box too! Well done.

Pete

 

[Droogs]

A very nice restoration to a level that look right for using rather than sitting on a shelf and being for looking. Well done

 

[Orraloon]

Thats as near to a silk purse as could be done. Great restoration.
There is however one thing you have not done. It is a serious breach of forum law to do up a plane and not post pics of it making shavings
Regards
John

 

[pe2dave]

In Lancashire too. As my dad used to sing:

“Rule Britannia ! Two tanners make a bob
Three make eighteen pence
And four two bob”

Three one and sixpence
and four two bob

was our version (on the better side of the Pennines ;-) )

 

[jcassidy]

Can i ask how you cleaned up the lever cap? That's the one thing i generally leave alone. Thanks

 

[Thingybob]

My baad fingers on the wrong buttons should be 1 or 2mm. Typing while fighting the dog for a soggy yucky fluffy thing

Wife in the workshop again eh

 

[Stan]

Can i ask how you cleaned up the lever cap? That's the one thing i generally leave alone. Thanks

I removed all corrosion etc as usual. Then flaking parts of the metal electroplating removed using fine grade wet/dry. WD40 degreaser, followed by two coats of hammerite smooth silver. Purists may be horrified by this, but this plane is never going to be a museum piece. The paint reduces corrosion as well as being nicer to look at than ugly blotches. For the logo backing, I used Humbrol gloss enamel in the closest shade I could find to the original.

When I get around to it I will "up my game" and teach myself electroplating.

Filing the cam on the lever to a usable shape was probably the hardest part to get right.

 

[Auldfart2010]

… and a sixpence was also known as a tanner. Or was that only in Geordieland?

I remember getting a slap from me mum for calling it a Tanner.

 

[Pedronicus]

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[whiskywill]

1 pence = 1/100 of a GBP [£]

No it isn't. Pence is the plural of penny so is anything more than a single penny.

 

[MikeJhn]

I used to get a slap from my woodwork teacher if I put a plane down on its sole.