Shawn Pixley
04-14-2013, 9:05 PM
Today I bit the bullet and accompanied LOML to the Rose Bowl Flea Market. It is certainly the biggest flea market I have ever seen. I typically avoid these thing, but what are you gonna do?
So, armed with a cash, straightedge / ruler, magnet, and jewelers loupe, I set out. After muscling through the entry gate, we went our separate ways. One of the first booths I stopped at had a few rusty tools and varieties of other things that I have no interest. There was this little Stanly #3 sitting among rusty bits of bent screw drivers and "Plane Shaped Objects." I examined it (never setting it down) and saw there were no cracks and it was mostly patina rather than deep rust. So, we made the deal at 20$ and I walked on. I was worried that if this was the situation just 5 minutes in, was I going to have enough money? That fear was misplaced because after another 2-1/2 hours I hadn't bought anything else.
After we drove home, I started cleaning the little guy up. Baby pictures before the clean-up.
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A quick dis-assembly (luckily there were no frozen screws or rods and I could see the promise of a nice little user.
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Cleaning, de-rusting, and reassembling didn't take long. I thought It was going to be a type 15 with the rosewood tote, but it turns out to be an earlier type 19. The bulk of the time was need to fix the iron. It turned out to be 3/64" out of square across the 1-3/4" blade dimension. I also had a big nick in the blade (on the low side of course). I Think the reason the little guy was so unused was because the blade was so out of square. It took a little touch to get the frog dialed in. In the end it made curlies...
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The finish on the tote is really thick. I am tempted to strip it down...
So, armed with a cash, straightedge / ruler, magnet, and jewelers loupe, I set out. After muscling through the entry gate, we went our separate ways. One of the first booths I stopped at had a few rusty tools and varieties of other things that I have no interest. There was this little Stanly #3 sitting among rusty bits of bent screw drivers and "Plane Shaped Objects." I examined it (never setting it down) and saw there were no cracks and it was mostly patina rather than deep rust. So, we made the deal at 20$ and I walked on. I was worried that if this was the situation just 5 minutes in, was I going to have enough money? That fear was misplaced because after another 2-1/2 hours I hadn't bought anything else.
After we drove home, I started cleaning the little guy up. Baby pictures before the clean-up.
259943259944259945
A quick dis-assembly (luckily there were no frozen screws or rods and I could see the promise of a nice little user.
259947
Cleaning, de-rusting, and reassembling didn't take long. I thought It was going to be a type 15 with the rosewood tote, but it turns out to be an earlier type 19. The bulk of the time was need to fix the iron. It turned out to be 3/64" out of square across the 1-3/4" blade dimension. I also had a big nick in the blade (on the low side of course). I Think the reason the little guy was so unused was because the blade was so out of square. It took a little touch to get the frog dialed in. In the end it made curlies...
259948259951259949259950
The finish on the tote is really thick. I am tempted to strip it down...