My Hand Tool Journey #7: Making It Pretty

Greetings Kent: Hey, stellar job on the old plane. You’ve given it a “new lease on life”. It’s amazing what a little elbow grease and a good finish will do for a tool. What kind of wood is it made of? It looks like walnut to me, but can’t be sure by the pixs. It looks to have a greenish tint to it. Could just be the pitina in the wood. I know you’re proud of it…... I would be. My favorite four letter word…..... FREE….... keep on keeping on…

-- " Don't ever wrestle a pig in a mudhole....he'll be having more fun than you..!!

WOW Kent .

that was fast !

i didn’t realize that it was laminated ,
it really is much more do-able that way ,
for someone wanting to make one .

i also wondered how the ’ tote ’ was attached ,
looks like one piece cut all the length of the plane ,
with the ’ tote ’ and the ’ wedge ’ cut-out as one .

i see it got into the right hands ,
thanks for bringing it back to life .

hope you enjoy it for years to come .

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Kent,
The old plane turned out well. Would Formby’s Refinisher work on an old desk?

Thanks for sharing

-- Mike The Termite ~~~~~ Working safely may get old, but so do those who practice it.

We don’t see many restorations of wooden planes, so thank you for sharing. You’ve done a really sympathetic job.

-- John

Daang it´s looking good
and so fast you started on it
but I can´t see it´s laminated
as Patron said can you tell us
how it´s build please
and I can´t wait to see more
from your restoring of this
wonderful plane
thank´s for sharing it with
all us newbees in to planes

Dennis

Hey Kent,
Noticing the lamination, I am amazed that there was glue that would hold this many years. I guess we can learn from the ancients. Can’t wait to see your new “furniture”. It will be as beautiful as the other masterpieces that have been caressed by your hands.

I have a passion for old planes.(SHE SAYS Obsession). I am exremeley proud of you to bring that plane back to life.

-- "My mission in life - make everyone smile !"

Nice to see such a well detailed post on this process.

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Great big change to the looks of the plane. Nice job. Haw does the sole look?

I can see the laminations and it looks like the handle was cut from the center section.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Kent, that hand plane came out nice.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

David, I went back and looked closer. The body is not actually laminated, but the handle is cut into the body.
I know the whole thing looks laminated from one of the pictures—Especially right behind the iron. When you see the rest of the body you can tell it is not. I’ll get some close-ups and post later.

Mike—Yes you can use Formby’s on something like that. It was developed for furniture anyway. I saw an infomercial almost 40 years ago on the product. When I got the plane, I rememberd it and thought it would be perfect for this project. Ah, the power of advertising! After all these years, this is the first time I’ve used it.

-- She thought I hung the moon--now she just thinks I did it wrong

kent , from garyd in your last post , Kent I know how you feel. I recieved this same plane from my wife’s uncle when they came to stay with us from Ohio
it makes me wonder if this was one of those ’ sears roebuck ’ tools from the industrial era .
before they started putting iron works to wooden shoes ?
what do you think ?

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Could be David. And I thought you sent me an exceptionally rare one of a kind plane from ancient Palestine!
(Yeah I know, they didn’t have planes like this then)

Now I’m devastated to think that many others may share my good fortune.

But I am very blessed to have such a great gift from a special friend no matter how many are identical.

-- She thought I hung the moon--now she just thinks I did it wrong

hey ,
maybe it’s the edsel of planes ,
you guys could have get together’s in Hawaii !

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Quite a transition Kent. That stuff really works well.

-- Mike, American in Norway