Spent the whole evening in the WS "fettling" 2 No 4's for a fiver and a 5 1/2 for a tenner
1 of the 4s is obvioulsy quite new but the other well quite old I suppose.
No identifying marks other than stanley and bailey and I wouldn't know where to begin.
The older one was in a terrible state every part of it was covered in this horrible black gunk, though it did smell quite nice :lol:
It was obvioulsy corrasive as on the blade is badly pitted and was stuck to the frog. In the end I scraped as much of it off as I could and gave it a bit of a soak to loosen up the really grimey bits.
Then I attacked it with the bobbin sander, yes you heard me :shock:
Very lightly mind just to get back to metal, then took to it with a sanding pad and worked my way up to 600 wet and dry. Its come up not to bad for a first attempt. I'm sure nowhere up the the level of attention that the likes of others would spend but once Id flatted the frog, blade and iron and give it a sharpen it works like a treat. I don't know who was more suprised me or the plane.
The newer one just needed a bit of a polish up and a sharpen and that performs quit nicely as well.
The 5 1/2 was to in a bit of a state but didn't need anywhere near the treat meant of the old 4 but again once id applied all the gems i've read here it to produces whisper thin curlies and a nice bit of shiny wood.
Not quite upto getting away with out a bit of scraping or what not but for 20 quid and a bit of elbow grease I have 3 nice planes to make curlies with
Now whats next on the list, hmm block plane, no 7, plough plane, moulding plane. Aargggggghhhhhhhhhhh help, some body just kicked me up the jacksie and Im slipping fast
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1 of the 4s is obvioulsy quite new but the other well quite old I suppose.
No identifying marks other than stanley and bailey and I wouldn't know where to begin.
The older one was in a terrible state every part of it was covered in this horrible black gunk, though it did smell quite nice :lol:
It was obvioulsy corrasive as on the blade is badly pitted and was stuck to the frog. In the end I scraped as much of it off as I could and gave it a bit of a soak to loosen up the really grimey bits.
Then I attacked it with the bobbin sander, yes you heard me :shock:
Very lightly mind just to get back to metal, then took to it with a sanding pad and worked my way up to 600 wet and dry. Its come up not to bad for a first attempt. I'm sure nowhere up the the level of attention that the likes of others would spend but once Id flatted the frog, blade and iron and give it a sharpen it works like a treat. I don't know who was more suprised me or the plane.
The newer one just needed a bit of a polish up and a sharpen and that performs quit nicely as well.
The 5 1/2 was to in a bit of a state but didn't need anywhere near the treat meant of the old 4 but again once id applied all the gems i've read here it to produces whisper thin curlies and a nice bit of shiny wood.
Not quite upto getting away with out a bit of scraping or what not but for 20 quid and a bit of elbow grease I have 3 nice planes to make curlies with
Now whats next on the list, hmm block plane, no 7, plough plane, moulding plane. Aargggggghhhhhhhhhhh help, some body just kicked me up the jacksie and Im slipping fast
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