Hi all.
First post here. I need some help with a decision as to whether or not I should purchase a particular Stanley hand plan. A guy local to where I live is selling two vintage Stanley hand planes on FaceBook and I'm not sure if they are "good" or "worth it". I'm hoping someone here can help me out.
Here are a couple of pictures of the planes. One looks to be around 9" and the other a longer 14" plane. The handles look like plastic (this concerns me) and they don't seem to have any stamps on them saying that they are a Bailey or anything like that.
He said he would sell both of them to me for $30. These would be my first planes. I plan to restore them (I've been researching and watching Paul Sellers videos on YouTube for restoring planes).
Thoughts?
Thank you!!!
First post here. I need some help with a decision as to whether or not I should purchase a particular Stanley hand plan. A guy local to where I live is selling two vintage Stanley hand planes on FaceBook and I'm not sure if they are "good" or "worth it". I'm hoping someone here can help me out.
Here are a couple of pictures of the planes. One looks to be around 9" and the other a longer 14" plane. The handles look like plastic (this concerns me) and they don't seem to have any stamps on them saying that they are a Bailey or anything like that.
He said he would sell both of them to me for $30. These would be my first planes. I plan to restore them (I've been researching and watching Paul Sellers videos on YouTube for restoring planes).
Thoughts?
Thank you!!!