Stanley #7 type 11 restoration

Looks great Joe.

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Very nice Joe work Joe. I recently finished my #7c and I also added a Hock blade. I had to open the mouth a little on mine to accept the thicker blade.

It looks great…a bargain too.

that 7 needed a little love. Glad to see it got it.

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Looks like you got a fine user there for a good price!

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

Nice resto work on this….enjoy the shavings!

-- "Make something you love tomorrow...and do it slowly" JLB

Nice job.
Look like it is a great user.

-- I'll be a woodworker when I grow up. HHHOPKS

Hey Joe, here are the #4 and #7. I left the patina on the #7. They both work very nice.

Nice job Joe, great pictures. I picked up a Stanley #5 1/2 and I am going to rework it even though it is usable now I want to flatten it and polish it up a bit. This is what I use for removing rust.

MATERIALS LIST
• 5 gal plastic bucket
• re-bar pins for anode grid
• copper wire
• wire nuts
• alligator clips
• Arm & Hammer Washing Soda (sodium carbonate)
• 6/12 volt battery charger
• Kaboom Tile, Tub & Shower Cleaner
• brass brush
• 3M Grey abrasive pad
• WD-40
• Boe-Shield T-9
Pour enough water into the container to cover the item to be cleaned. Add about a tablespoonful of washing powder per gallon of water and stir until the powder is completely dissolved. Washing soda is sodium carbonate, and is said to be more effective than baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) which may alternately be used.

Shipwreck – thanks for the pics. The throat is tight, but the blade and chipbreaker barely fit through. I may open the throat a little in the future.

Sandhill – It’s interesting that you brought up the electrolytic restoration. I work as a chemist, so I contemplated the electrolytic method. It is the only way to undo the pitting – to a certain extent. You actually add new metal to the surface when you use that method. Sodium carbonate is better than sodium bicarbonate because it is a stronger base and provides more driving force for the reaction. Good luck with the electrolysis.

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Great restore. I had a tote and knob that looked just like that and a little BLO cleaned them up nicely! I would have replaced the iron like you did but probably also the chipbreaker too mostly for looks, though.

-- "hold fast to that which is good"

Yeah Brandon….... I agree. I have noticed that some of the old Stanley chip breakers are a little weak at the cutting area. I am getting some slight chatter on some hard woods, and I am positive that everything is set properly.I might stop over at Woodcraft this week and get a new one for my #7.