Cody Cantrell
12-12-2012, 2:55 PM
The story starts like this...
My Grandmother asked me to make a few walking sticks using the brass knobs from harness hames for her three son in laws. I finished the task and delivered the goods. I was not expecting anything for doing this job for her but was rewarded with a #5 jack plane she had picked up at a thrift store (isn't it nice when people think of you?) It was in pretty rough shape but I could see the potential. When I got the plane home I ran it through the type study info that I had and concluded that it was an early type 9. It had the castings of a type 9 but the lateral adjustment lever was from a type 8 so I concluded it must be from 1902-03. As it was missing the knob, it actually had the bolt broke off, I had to make a new one. My tool handle/knob/tote wood of choice is usually Osage Orange. I like the low knobs but I really like the early beaded knobs, I have tried several different profiles but I finally came up with one that I really like and will use in the future. After stripping the castings down and running them through an electrolosysis bath I painted them with black epoxy paint, I blued the lever cap and sharpened the 110 year old iron. I made a tote from osage and came up with a good solution for grain orientation. The bottom 2/3 of the tote is quarter sawn and then the grain turns 90 degrees and goes into the horn giving it more strength. The plane works very well and will probably replace my current type 16 jack plane as my go to jack. There was a #1 cast into the bed below the tote, anyone kow the reason for this? I will include pics of the walking sticks as well.
My Grandmother asked me to make a few walking sticks using the brass knobs from harness hames for her three son in laws. I finished the task and delivered the goods. I was not expecting anything for doing this job for her but was rewarded with a #5 jack plane she had picked up at a thrift store (isn't it nice when people think of you?) It was in pretty rough shape but I could see the potential. When I got the plane home I ran it through the type study info that I had and concluded that it was an early type 9. It had the castings of a type 9 but the lateral adjustment lever was from a type 8 so I concluded it must be from 1902-03. As it was missing the knob, it actually had the bolt broke off, I had to make a new one. My tool handle/knob/tote wood of choice is usually Osage Orange. I like the low knobs but I really like the early beaded knobs, I have tried several different profiles but I finally came up with one that I really like and will use in the future. After stripping the castings down and running them through an electrolosysis bath I painted them with black epoxy paint, I blued the lever cap and sharpened the 110 year old iron. I made a tote from osage and came up with a good solution for grain orientation. The bottom 2/3 of the tote is quarter sawn and then the grain turns 90 degrees and goes into the horn giving it more strength. The plane works very well and will probably replace my current type 16 jack plane as my go to jack. There was a #1 cast into the bed below the tote, anyone kow the reason for this? I will include pics of the walking sticks as well.