Peter Quinn
06-22-2008, 7:07 PM
A few months back I dropped my grampa's Stanley 220 block plane on the concrete floor and smashed the lever cap beyond use. The rest is unharmed. I have rubber mats around my bench but the old girl found a knot, flew out of my hand, and landed on an unprotected spot! It was my daily go to tool and I miss it. I felt him roll over and yell at me.
Been looking for a replacement, considered a Veritas adjustable mouth standard angle to be the one till I found, after many months of looking at a large weekly flea market an older Stanley 9 1/2 in great shape. Bought it for $25, the blade looked like it had never been sharpened, it has the older 11 slot set up for adjustment. I spent about an hour tuning it up today and it works like a dream. Everything is tight and no pitting, shaves gossamer thin ribbons effortlessly. I've seen a lot of rusty junk at this market and a lot of antique dealers selling beauties at a premium, not much in between so I feel lucky to have found a near new old plane I can use and afford.
My old 220 had been getting cranky from a life time of use, lots of slop in the adjustments and the lever cap lever was pretty worn. I'd like to get a replacement lever cap and put her back into service, or at least return her to serviceable for sentimental reasons. Anybody know of a source for parts such as lever caps for older stanley planes?
Been looking for a replacement, considered a Veritas adjustable mouth standard angle to be the one till I found, after many months of looking at a large weekly flea market an older Stanley 9 1/2 in great shape. Bought it for $25, the blade looked like it had never been sharpened, it has the older 11 slot set up for adjustment. I spent about an hour tuning it up today and it works like a dream. Everything is tight and no pitting, shaves gossamer thin ribbons effortlessly. I've seen a lot of rusty junk at this market and a lot of antique dealers selling beauties at a premium, not much in between so I feel lucky to have found a near new old plane I can use and afford.
My old 220 had been getting cranky from a life time of use, lots of slop in the adjustments and the lever cap lever was pretty worn. I'd like to get a replacement lever cap and put her back into service, or at least return her to serviceable for sentimental reasons. Anybody know of a source for parts such as lever caps for older stanley planes?