Just another Road Trip

[steven c newman]

Wound up walking through Heart of Ohio Antique Center....well...maybe a little less than 1/2 way through....Only found 2 items that would fit into my budget for the day...Had $32 available...spent $27. 35 ( because I got a 10% discount..)

Anyway.....walked past 20 sharpening stones, couple thousand wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers....and found a small saw....
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Still have to remove the black tape, spine is painted black...$3.....Had a few other items in hand....until this one stall....just could not set one item back onto the shelf....$25 before discount...had to set a few items back...but that plane was coming home with me..
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15" long...2-3/4" wide...cutter is 2-3/8" wide
Sole looks good..(no paint, either)
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Looks like I have a bunch of paint to remove..
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Handles are in great shape, no paint....however..
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Even the brass wheel is maroon? Millers Falls No. 15....With OEM iron, too...

Not too bad of a day....Stopped in at the new Harbor Freight store.....twice the size of the one in Lima, OH....6" sanding discs, peel& stick....out and about, all by meself, today.

I did check out those "new" clamps they have.....pin in the trigger is steel....meh.....I don't use that style of clamps....

[lowell holmes]

On the plane, I used automotive black paint and it worked.

[steven c newman]

Just plain old black Rustoleum will do...from this..
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Knock the loose stuff off, and..
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Same with the rest of the parts...
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To...
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One piece bolts were used on the Type 3, during WW2....same applies to the depth wheel...all steel
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Edge of the iron was chipped...took a while...
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All bolts got a drop of oil, iron still has a very small knick ( next sharpening)
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Cardinal Red to infill the lever cap...left the paint on the frog alone, at least on the sides...cleaned the rest off..
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So, now I have 3 jack planes..from the same factory...

[steven c newman]

And...
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M-F No. 11, M-F No. 14, and the new M-F No. 15
( #5-1/4, #5, and #5-1/2)
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This is one heavy plane..
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Might be a keeper?
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No cracks, nor pits found...
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Not too bad..for $22.50 + Sales Tax?

[steven c newman]

Ok..Pine is what everyone else uses to show off "Sharp" with...so...how about Ash?
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Not too bad, and no tearout, either....had a knotty old piece of White Oak...the before?
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Pretty, ain't it....was so bad, I had to plane the other side first...to get things flat enough to hold still...for the after..
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I compared a small back saw ..
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To the larger one from Heart of Ohio...
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Has a few less teeth per inch...cuts a bit slower...
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Also on that trip, a stop at the new Harbor Freight store...
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Because I needed a new one on the sander...
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One disc has been installed.....

[steven c newman]

Ok...Was putting away a few items for upstairs...that bag from Hobby Lobby...one of the items was a set of new blades for the Xacto set...
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First I needed to rehab these handles....collets that hold the blades were frozen in place....tear them apart, clean them up, oil the threads a bit..
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Didn't see much in the pile of old blades ( stamped Made in USA) so..
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Pack of 5 brand new blades...
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And these are ready for work. Red Handle needed a wider blade, though. Also stashed all the new hardware parts....and put a pair of braces away..
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P.S.& W. Samson No. 8012...and a Keen Kutter #R 104 10" sweep.....
Then spent a while, starting up the next Project Build-along...

was a busy couple of days....not too bad, though...may use those Xacto knives as marking knives,,,for that "Pristine Knife Wall"

[Andrew Pitonyak]

Wowser, I cannot keep track of all that stuff you come home with.

[steven c newman]

Welcome to stop in, and see if there is anything you might need...