Padauk Tote and Knob for Stanley #2

AWESOME !! Really brought that old plane back to life , Charlie : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

That is truly handsome.
Photos are nice too.

Steve

-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Beautiful job Charlie, you sure know how to bring life back into these things !!!

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Very, very nice. Really gives the plane an entire new look. Did you have to laminate the Padauk?

Ron

-- Ron, Eugene, OR, "Curiosity is a terrible thing to waste."

Charlie: A great transformation. Nice job.

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Nice job, Charlie. That is quite a transformation – from what appears to be a rusty piece of junk to a shining jewel. You must have yourself quite a collection by now.

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WOW…VERY NICE.

-- Matt--Proud LJ since 2007

Nice looking plane, will it be a user?

Thanks, guys.

Ron: I did have to glue up two pieces for the knob. I did not have any padauk quite thick enough. Actually, the wild color variation is within the same piece…. the seam itself is nearly invisible.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Charlie those parts look like orignals. You really made that old plane look new.

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Hi Charlie,
Looks great. While I confess to having a relatively complete set of Record planes that are seldom used, I also seem to have an uncontrollable urge to “fix” every needy tool I run across. It’s a real danger to enter a flea market. A rusty tool of quality is a cocaine-like lure. But then, these things deserve to be saved. What else can we do?
Roger. (Another in curable tool addict.)

-- "Everybody makes mistakes. A craftsman always fixes them." (Monty Kennedy, "The Checkering and Carving of Gunstocks", 1952)

what a beauty charlie – I love the look of it. looks better than the original (as in original shape/material as mfg. by Stanley as obviously it looks better then when you got it). I think if one has the opportunity to remake the knobs/totes it’s a good thing as we all have different hands and there is no way to make one-size-fits-all.

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Hey Charlie;

That looks really good. Beautiful job.

Lee

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GGrreat !
Loved the lamination..(after you said you’d done it!) I didn’t spot it in
the photos so you’ve got to know it worked out well.

-- Glen, Vernon B.C. Canada

Beautiful job on the plane, Charlie.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker