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This one for me….is what Christmas is all about.
Life is funny…..but here I am buying some old handplanes at auctions…..handtools….etc…..and sometimes its easy to forget the real special things….we already have.
Like this old Handplane that was in an old wooden drawer under some things in our workshop. I was tinkering around one evening…and I kinda laughed….thinking…I ought to get that out…...and look it over. I looked at it….handle gone….full of some pretty aged rust….nothing would turn…..but I also got this feeling…a new challenge….and a real needed quest. I needed to try and make a new tote for my Grandfathers old handplane…...I never have before and had little idea on the proper way to begin..lol…so I needed to see if I could now!
My Dad told me…."I remember him getting that plane in a tool kit…..it was a Red Diamond." The case is actually still mounted on the cellar wall in my Grandparents house…and still has the paper layout with the saw….eggbeater drill, brace and bit…..wood marking gauge…...some tin clippers….and this handplane!
My Grandmother bought it for him…for Christmas…lol…..how about that?
I had some Oak…..and I had a template…funny enough…from a cheapo plastic stanley plane…..I shamefully bought about a year ago at lowes….haaaaaa…....Well….my plastic handle was a friend….in letting me use it for a template for something better!
So I used my Bow saw….cut her out….rasped, coped sawed and chiseled here and there…..then sanded.
I used my bevel gauge for angle layout with a little pencil, got the eggbeater…...(funny….the Red Diamond from the actual kit!)...and prayed for the best…..but….I got it to mount.
I WD 40'ed and worked on it a little…..got the blade to the sharpening stone and gave her a test drive.
Boy…works really nice….I myself…was extremely happy for this being a total first attempt at a tote. I watched in great satisfaction…and some emotion as the Pine shavings cut crisp with little effort…..I think he was watching….lol
Everything is totally done by hand, even the mistakes!....lol
My Grandparents have both been gone now for almost ten years…and it was great to have a chance at reviving this old handplane. I think my Grandfather would have enjoyed this….....I am glad to be here and enjoy these great shavings now for him.
This one is for you Pop-Pop, thanks for all you did for me.
Great shavings to all of you and happy holidays!
Joe
Life is funny…..but here I am buying some old handplanes at auctions…..handtools….etc…..and sometimes its easy to forget the real special things….we already have.
Like this old Handplane that was in an old wooden drawer under some things in our workshop. I was tinkering around one evening…and I kinda laughed….thinking…I ought to get that out…...and look it over. I looked at it….handle gone….full of some pretty aged rust….nothing would turn…..but I also got this feeling…a new challenge….and a real needed quest. I needed to try and make a new tote for my Grandfathers old handplane…...I never have before and had little idea on the proper way to begin..lol…so I needed to see if I could now!
My Dad told me…."I remember him getting that plane in a tool kit…..it was a Red Diamond." The case is actually still mounted on the cellar wall in my Grandparents house…and still has the paper layout with the saw….eggbeater drill, brace and bit…..wood marking gauge…...some tin clippers….and this handplane!
My Grandmother bought it for him…for Christmas…lol…..how about that?
I had some Oak…..and I had a template…funny enough…from a cheapo plastic stanley plane…..I shamefully bought about a year ago at lowes….haaaaaa…....Well….my plastic handle was a friend….in letting me use it for a template for something better!
So I used my Bow saw….cut her out….rasped, coped sawed and chiseled here and there…..then sanded.
I used my bevel gauge for angle layout with a little pencil, got the eggbeater…...(funny….the Red Diamond from the actual kit!)...and prayed for the best…..but….I got it to mount.
I WD 40'ed and worked on it a little…..got the blade to the sharpening stone and gave her a test drive.
Boy…works really nice….I myself…was extremely happy for this being a total first attempt at a tote. I watched in great satisfaction…and some emotion as the Pine shavings cut crisp with little effort…..I think he was watching….lol
Everything is totally done by hand, even the mistakes!....lol
My Grandparents have both been gone now for almost ten years…and it was great to have a chance at reviving this old handplane. I think my Grandfather would have enjoyed this….....I am glad to be here and enjoy these great shavings now for him.
This one is for you Pop-Pop, thanks for all you did for me.
Great shavings to all of you and happy holidays!
Joe