Handplane Restoration #24: Stanley 112

Wayne, that is a nice looking plane. I will be looking forward to seeing its restoration. With all of these posts on plane restoration it certainly is an incentive to work on my #5 and #8 that belonged to my father.

I have seen posts detailing how to clean up the original blades that were in the plane but, in my opinion, you can’t beat a Hock iron. It was a good idea (especially since it did not have one anyway) to put one in.

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Thanks. I label and set the original blades aside and move my hock blades to the new plane if I happen to upgrade. Then I can restore the original blade. In this case, I could have probably found a cheaper replacement blade at woodcraft, but I am a firm beliver in quality. This plane and blade should last me the rest of my life.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Beautiful plane, nice Tote…....I have seen nice/mint blades at ebay time to time, even the dented one for veenering work. Is anything to restore in that plane? Looks ready to go to me….

-- Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain" Frank Lloyd Wright

Hey Wayne,

I just noticed you’re back and active. This should be an interesting restoration. I’ve considered a scraping plane for some time.

Cheers!

Tom

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Wayne, have you looked at the Lee Valley Scraper?
Unless you stole that #112 it’s worth a peak before you invest in it.

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Hey Tom it is good to see ya.

Bob, I have quite a bit less invtested in this plane. At this point I am committed.

Moai, It has some rust to be removed and I need to work on the sole. Other than that it is in pretty good shape.

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Wow, thats a nice one. I wish I hadn’t seen this. Now I’m going to need one of these.

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Thats pretty cool…It almost looks like an elaborate holder for a card scraper!

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I ordered some Evapo-Rust, think I will give it a try. I have seen quite a few posts about it. I will probably try it on a beater before I use it on the areas with rust on this plane. In this case most of the rust is light. The biggest concern I have for electrolysis is how to dispose of the liquid once your done.

Blake, I would offer to trade it to you for your 62, but I picked up the LN version last year. (and your 62 is a more valueable plane) Still think you got the find of the month.

Brad, pretty much.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov