Handplane Restoration #7: Stanley Bailey #3 Type 10 before

This is a Stanley Bailey #3 Type 10 Bench Plane that I picked up a few weeks back at a local antique street sale. It was better than the one that I had set aside to restore. (I’ll save the other one for Obi if he wants it) The purchase price for this plane was $20.

The first step in the restoration process is to determine the type of the plane and condition of the plane. To do this I looked up the plane using the stanley bench plane dating page. using information from the plane.

• Blade is marked with a patent date of April 19 ‘92 – Approprate for the plane
• Lateral Adustement is is marked Stanley
• Body of Plane as 2 patent dates March 25 ‘02

This places the age of the plane to approximately 1907. Right at 100 years old.

Next to inspect the general condition of the plane.

• The japanning appears to be fully intact
• Both handles are cracked (The rear may be a replacement and had 2 modern washers used to keep it tight)
• The mouth is in good condition
• No cracks anywhere
• Rust and surface grime everywhere
• Oily Sawdust under frog
• The blade has been sharpened with a slight camber. Plenty of blade remaining.

Below are more pictures

Side view

Note the oily wood shavings

Fully Apart

I’ll post the after pictures once I get’er done.

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