Just came in the mail today

[steven c newman]

A small, wood bodied smooth plane
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That "loop" under the iron is to ajust the cut depth. Did I say small?
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That block plane is about 7" long. There is a 76 cast into the cap iron, too
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Seems to be a Liberty Bell #122. Might take an hour, or three to refurb back up? The iron is about 1-3/4" wide, seems to be about a #3 size?

Seems to be all there, no cracks or breaks. A little reddish brown stuff to clean up....

[Zach Dillinger]

Transitional planes catch a lot of flak from hand plane guys, but they work very well when properly set up. That's a good find and I'm sure you'll have it working in no time.

[steven c newman]

Iron had the dreaded reverse camber.....worn away in the middle. Bevel was a round-over sort of thing. Got that taken care of, already have run it on a strop. after a bit on the 2.5K grit oily paper.

Chip breaker did need a little tune up.

Iron has simply "STANLEY" stamped into it, no patent dates or other "extras".

Sole had that hump right behind the mouth. What is it with these wood soled planes? All the ones so far have had a bump right behind the opening. Have since wittled it down to flush with the rest of the sole.

Been informed that I will be the dinner chef tonight, so a test drive may have to wait a while.....

BTW, 95% of the japanning is still there....

[Chris Hachet]

You are getting quite the collection of transitional planes. I need to make another trip north to produce some moxon toilet paper with you!

[steven c newman]

A "collection"?.....Really?
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Most of them......oh, you mean the "Trans" planes?
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I do have that #122 about done, though
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It is a bit smaller than the Coffin smoother I have
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There is also a new handle on that Par Plus #5 Jack plane
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Making see-through shavings. Tote is from the firewood stash, as is the shavings.

The Liberty Bell 122 is a bit finicky to set just right.