| Blog series by thetree | updated 407 days ago | 3 parts | 3940 reads | 17 comments total |
Part 1: Unearthing
The other day on craigslist I found an ad for “2 old planes”. The pictures we bad but one of them looked like a smaller bedrock so I contacted the guy and he told me that the one was a bedrock which he had never heard of. “too bad it’s not a Stanley, those are valuable” he informed me. The other was a craftsman. He wanted 15 for both, so I picked them up. The craftsman is a number 6, and I am not sure what I will do with it. The bedrock looked promising at first,...
Part 2: Body Repair
Here I will explain how I repaired the main crack in the body. Actually, It is more of a repair of a horrendous repair job. Here is a good view of what I was working with: Sandblasted view of the “repaired” section: Sawcut through old repair: Layout of section I need to replace: Milling section to be replaced: While I had one side open, I figured I would take the time to straighten up the front of the mouth. As I said, the mouth was considerably squeezed closed at...
Part 3: body rework #2
Today I surface ground the sides and sole of the body of the plane. I understand I will probably have to lap them again after I assemble and tension the plane, but this will get them perfectly square and leave minimal stock for hand lapping. Here is a shot of grinding the side: This is one thing that was bothering me most of the weekend. There is this chip at the front of the rib and I wasn’t sure what to do with it. I could make a repair piece and braze it on as before or I can ju...
