Jim Koepke
04-07-2010, 3:10 AM
"Be careful what you mention to the new neighbor" might be another title for this one. When my new neighbor and I were getting acquainted I mentioned that I was interested in old planes and fixing them up. Well, he did not quite understand what I meant by old planes and picked one up at an auction in town for me. He is kind of young, so to him I guess if it is older than me it must be really old. At least it was not way out in the stratosphere on price, so it was not a big deal.
Anyway, I explained that I usually like to get ones older than this and gave him a quick explanation of what my interests were.
After taking this one home and lapping the sole, lapping the sides, lapping the frog, gluing the tote back together, cleaning off the rust, honing the blade, adjusting the cap iron and painting the tote and knob it isn't too bad a plane.
It is a bit more sensitive on the lateral adjuster than I am used to having. The disk seems a little bigger and is not as worn as most of my planes. There were some dings in the slot of the blade that had a bit of an effect, but even cleaning those up and it is still sensitive and has less play than any of my other planes.
It does make nice shavings though, thick or thin. Darn thing has one of those ever so popular after market user installed hang holes.
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jim
Anyway, I explained that I usually like to get ones older than this and gave him a quick explanation of what my interests were.
After taking this one home and lapping the sole, lapping the sides, lapping the frog, gluing the tote back together, cleaning off the rust, honing the blade, adjusting the cap iron and painting the tote and knob it isn't too bad a plane.
It is a bit more sensitive on the lateral adjuster than I am used to having. The disk seems a little bigger and is not as worn as most of my planes. There were some dings in the slot of the blade that had a bit of an effect, but even cleaning those up and it is still sensitive and has less play than any of my other planes.
It does make nice shavings though, thick or thin. Darn thing has one of those ever so popular after market user installed hang holes.
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jim