Well today I finished rehabbing my old Bailey #5 planner. It only took me 2 days to complete. This was handed down to me by 3 generations of wood workers in my family, one to the next with my Dad handing it off to me. It looked terrible, here is what I started with.
You can see I had my hands full to restore it. I painted the foot (I think that’s what it’s called) after some sanding. I also did something really different, I had some gun bluing solution left over from a rifle restore I did, so I blued my plane. I really think it turned out awesome! I just love it! The wooden handles look like rosewood, beautiful wood though. I even blued the screws & shined up the brass. Here is the final restore pictures.
As you can see I put some time into doing this as well as I could. The big handle was broken in half, so I used some tight bond 3 to glue it up. The frog is broken but it still holds the blade in. I need the part that allows the blade to move side to side, but over all, i’m happy with it. Thank you for looking, let me know what you think of it & if there is something missing I am unaware of. Have a good evening all. Mark~
-- Don't waste today, it is yesterdays tomorrow!~SisQMark
The lateral adjuster isn’t that big of a deal. The early planes didn’t have them. Honestly, I wouldn’t change a thing. Yes, you could replace parts but then it wouldn’t be the plane you had handed down. They are not that expensive so just buy another one if you want one that is perfect.
Thank you for the praise. The bluing just came to me, I thought it would look cool & give it another element of uniqueness that I’ve never seen on a plane. I love it, it looks really good IMHO. Mark~
-- Don't waste today, it is yesterdays tomorrow!~SisQMark
You did a great job on this restore. It’s the same tool but…...........looks totally different. Every time I see old well-used tools, I cant help thinking about the movie Gran Torino with Clint Eastwood and his workshop.
You should be very proud of this job.
-- Use it up, Wear it out --------------- Make it do, Or do without!
If you wanted to use it, I would look for a cheap for-parts plane on eBay with a good frog and lateral adjustment lever, and swap out your broken one. But as an heirloom, it’s perfect just the way it is.
Great job! I, too, am working on restoring a #5. I’m not that creative though… lol well done
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