My "Minty" S4

Wow Charlie what a nice job it looks brand new
Best
Trevor

-- God created wood that we may create. Trevor East Yorkshire UK

wow charlie way to go I like how nice and shiney it came out

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I am sure who did the better job. Stanley or you? Very nice restoration

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Restoration????? That thing is just plain ” A Diamond in the Rough” brought forth to be “A Diamond fit for a King” ! ( King Charles, that is )

This is beautiful Charlie, well done indeed !

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

What did you use to clean it up? Looks great!!

-- Greg, Concordia, Mo "All the horns of the wicked I will cut off" Psalm 75:10

WOW, great job restoring it, Charlie!

-- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.

Ooo ahhhhh ! dang that looks nice and I don’t even collect planes >yet<

-- keeping myself entertained

Whoa! That’s the best looking S4 I’ve ever seen. What’d you buff with?

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

I just sprayed some WD40 on the body and hit it by hand with 120-grit abranet, and that was the majority of it. I did buff it with white buffing compound, but it was so shiny I had to go back and rub it with a little steel wool to keep from blinding myself. :-)

The black finish, which was flatter than the japanning on the cast iron planes, was in pretty good shape, but I did spray a couple coats on it to cover the spots near the cheeks where it was worn off.

The knob and tote were the nicest I’ve ever seen on an old plane. Very few nicks and dents. All I did was buff them.

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

Pretty incredible. It looks surface ground and impressively polished. You’ve done a fine thing here.

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

Thanks, Al….. I really didn’t do much work. I was just blown away by what a pretty tool this still is after all those years.

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

She’s a beauty Charlie.

-- - Eric Indianapolis, IN

wow charlie, this is a beautiful tool..ive started to get a few tools and am restoring the wood parts and such, its really enjoyable, and ive started to use the hand saws for more things…it feels good to get my skills in shape, but you did a wonderful job here…

-- GRIZZMAN ...[''''']

Wow Charlie…that cleaned up beautifully!

-- Happiness is like wetting your pants...everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth....

nice buff… now that I see how well you can do this, I’ll set you up with a list of projects ;)

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