steven c newman
02-16-2013, 7:04 PM
At a local "Junk in the box" store. I bought two old handplanes. One was to be parts & spares for a #5 I already had, the other looked like a "Project Plane" . Got the two home254478 :eek: Black lever cap turned out to be an 80 yr. old "Private Label #3" Tote was broke, rust everywhere, and that black painted lever cap just had to go.
As for a Toad? A pressed steel "frog" is not a frog, so I calls them "Toads" , The Parplus #5, with a cambered iron has one. The "blue" paint Worth #4 also has one. The main problem I have found with these Toads is in those two bolts to bolt it down. How in the world do you get that bolt to start, without a magnetic screwdriver? ROYAL PITA! But, once they are in, and down tight, things work very well, indeed. There is a "sweet spot" these toads have to sit in. Once there, no chatter in the iron, settings stay locked in place. I am thinking of keeping the iron from the Worth #4 squared across. Then I can just exchange irons with the #5 as needed. Then I could even have a cambered iron in a #4. @10-1/4" long, it is a bit longish, though. Anyway, got things cleaned up on these two "Orphans". Time to test things out on some Oak ( no, NOT something easy to plane, I go for the wood I work with) and away we go:eek:254479 Not too bad. :D Handles have a coat of BLO, after they were stripped of old finish. As for that "Private Label" plane?254480Repaired the old tote, didn't like the colour of it, so a "new" tote was swapped with it. Might have once been on a Stanley/Victor plane. Seems to fit this plane. $25 for the pair of planes. A LARGE #4, and a slimish #3. Keepers???:confused:
As for a Toad? A pressed steel "frog" is not a frog, so I calls them "Toads" , The Parplus #5, with a cambered iron has one. The "blue" paint Worth #4 also has one. The main problem I have found with these Toads is in those two bolts to bolt it down. How in the world do you get that bolt to start, without a magnetic screwdriver? ROYAL PITA! But, once they are in, and down tight, things work very well, indeed. There is a "sweet spot" these toads have to sit in. Once there, no chatter in the iron, settings stay locked in place. I am thinking of keeping the iron from the Worth #4 squared across. Then I can just exchange irons with the #5 as needed. Then I could even have a cambered iron in a #4. @10-1/4" long, it is a bit longish, though. Anyway, got things cleaned up on these two "Orphans". Time to test things out on some Oak ( no, NOT something easy to plane, I go for the wood I work with) and away we go:eek:254479 Not too bad. :D Handles have a coat of BLO, after they were stripped of old finish. As for that "Private Label" plane?254480Repaired the old tote, didn't like the colour of it, so a "new" tote was swapped with it. Might have once been on a Stanley/Victor plane. Seems to fit this plane. $25 for the pair of planes. A LARGE #4, and a slimish #3. Keepers???:confused: