Spent the Christmas holidays with my wife's family. My MIL found out from my wife that I'm into woodworking, so she handed me a bag with a couple planes in them when we left. "They're pretty rusty, but maybe you can fix them up and get some use from them."



I've only had a minute to look at them, but it looks like a Bailey #5 and a Stanley block plane. Once I finish this and the next bookcase, I'd like to start on cleaning them up. I seem to remember hearing about a way of removing rust via ionization. Can anyone educate me on that?

Also, any recommendations on the rehabbing process for planes would be appreciated. These are my first vintage tools. I seem to remember hearing that the Stanley Bailey's were good tools, but don't really know.

Thanks.