A Before & After

[steven c newman]

Maybe 90 minutes to do...
A Before & After, test drive.JPG
First was a test drive,,,to see how "bad" it really was..opened it up...
A Before & After, little rough.JPG
Needs a bit of work?
A Before & After, Patina.JPG
Face still had the mill marks. Frog adjust bolt has a bit of "patina"..
A Before & After, spidey house.JPG
At least Spidey wasn't home..
A Before & After, scartchy.JPG
I have seen worse..


Cleaning brush to start things up..
A Before & After, cleaning brush.JPG
And set up the "Machine"
A Before & After, wire & buff.JPG
Wire & Buff.

A Before & After, Shined up.JPG
Some of the results...more to come..
Plane is a Millers Falls No. 8, type 2...about a #3 sized smoother..
Stay tuned..

[steven c newman]

And..shine, and clean the rest of the frog parts..
A Before & After, cleaned spots.JPG
Work on the sole a bit..
A Before & After, sole view.JPG
And the sides..
A Before & After, note the reflection.JPG
Nice reflection...Brass all shined up, frog installed....worked on the chipbreaker and the iron....iron did have a couple knicks..got rid of those..
Test drive, again..
A Before & After, test drive for sharp.JPG
Seems to work a bit better?
A Before & After, all done.JPG
While the plane IS done..
A Before & After, just can't stop.JPG
Too much fun to stop using it....

Not too bad, for a $26.81 Plane?

[Stew Denton]

"Not too bad, for a $26.81 Plane?"

Not bad at all Steven! Not bad at all! I really like the curls you were getting in the last photo.

Stew

[James Pallas]

Nice going Steven. A lot of those older planes made by reputable makers can be made to work well. The ones that are severely rusted or worse yet re-done can not be saved. A little clean up and normal maintenance does wonders. When the grinders and sand paper come out in the wrong hands the end is near.
Jim