Rosewood tote repair

[jonathan snyder]

Hi folks,

I would like to try to repair the horn on this tote. It's from a Stanley #6, type 11. I do not have any rosewood, so I was wondering if any of you folks might have a small scrap you wouldn't mind parting with. I'd be happy to pay shipping.

Rough dimensions would be 1 1/8 wide X 1 3/4 long X 3/4 thick.

The tote is a fairly light color on top. I attached pics.

Thanks
Jonathan

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[Brian Hale]

I can't help with the wood but have you ckecked Highland Woodworking? They sell all kinds of handplane parts....

http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=635

Brian :)

[Tom Hamilton]

Hi Jonathan, you might try posting on the Old Tools List (http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools). The "Galoots" there have buckets of stuff for old tools and love to share just as much as Creekers. Also our own Bob Smalser has written on this subject and has an article either here on Woodcentral.

Enjoy, Tom

[Bill Houghton]

If you can't get rosewood, have you considered the use of walnut or a similar wood? With a little colored Watco, you might be able to blend it in moderately well. Or just buy a new tote, as others have more or less suggested, depending on which would be more fun/affordable.

The truly crazed make their own.

Oh, by the way: people will talk about the difficulty of gluing rosewood. Maybe I've just been lucky, but I've glued several totes cracked all the way across using just your basic yaller glue, and they've held fine.

[jonathan snyder]

Hi Folks,

Brian, Thanks for the link to Highland, however the cost of a new tote is almost twice what I paid for the plane!

Tom, Thanks, I am not familiar with the old tools list, Ill check it out.

Bill, Walnut is not a bad idea, thanks.

I did receive a PM with an offer for a piece of Honduran rosewood, however the fellow does not think it will match the tote very well. Sounds like the tote may be Indian rosewood.

So, I'm hoping someone out there will have a piece that will color match nicely.

I did however find a couple of nice tutorials on tote repair/replacement. Here they are if anyone is interested.

https://home.comcast.net/%7Erexmill/planes101/handle/handle.htm

http://www.shavingsandsawdust.com/projects/makingTotes/index.asp

http://www.wkfinetools.com/tRestore/plane/fixTote/index.asp

Thanks again
Jonathan

[Ken Werner]

Sometimes at garage sales you can find old knives for sale for a dime or so, and they sometimes have rosewood handles. You can then cannabilize the knife for the wood... Like Clint Eastwood said - do you feel lucky?

[Clint Jones]

Too bad for you I just threw out a bunch of pieces of broken totes from old parts planes. I'll check outh in the shop to see if I missed any. Good luck with the repair. I would just try to find a broken plane with a good rear tote (which is hard to do these days). HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!

[Tyler Howell]

My best source of spare peices is old planes.

[Mark Berenbrok]

I was in the same spot a few months ago. A local guy I'd bought some replacement handles from uses walnut for repairs. Use a stain and its hard to tell the difference.

[David Martino]

One of these might be able to help - both sell old planes and might have extra parts too (I remember seeing a photo of a pile of totes on one of these):

www.sydnassloot.com/tools.htm

www.brasscityrecords.com/51.html

Good luck!