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Stanley No. 7 Plane

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Welcome! / Forums / General Woodworking Discussions / Tools and Tool Maintenance/Restoration / Stanley No. 7 Plane

Tagged: No. 7, restoring, rusty, stanley

  • This topic has 10 replies, 9 voices, and was last updated 9 years, 1 month ago by Serhiy D’yachyshyn.
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  • John Moore
    3 January 2014 at 11:35 pm #25150

    I have not really been looking for a No. 7, but I stop by an antique shop. There in the “shed” of the store was Mr. Rusty. I was going to past, but when they accept my $15.00 offer, home it came.

    I cleaned the bottom, sharpened the blade, and made this small pile of shavings. It cut through the raw sawn walnut with ease.

    I think it is a keeper. I will continue to clean it up. I will try to post photos along the way.

    Lakeland, Florida USA

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    Ken
    3 January 2014 at 11:45 pm #25160

    Nice find John, I love my No7 enjoy. 🙂

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    Mark Armstrong
    4 January 2014 at 12:16 am #25161

    Enjoy John 😉
    I don’t play with my bigger planes much as usually only working on smaller projects.
    Bigger plane do help on those longer boards.

    Dagenham, Essex, England

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    Greg Merritt
    4 January 2014 at 12:30 am #25163

    Good find. It will make a fine tool. Clean it up and give it a second life.

    http://hillbillydaiku.com

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    Ken
    4 January 2014 at 12:35 am #25165

    Yeah the late great English craftsmen, Allen Peters used a No7 for just about everything

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    dborn
    4 January 2014 at 1:40 am #25172

    These posts really make me mad! Seems like when people see me coming, prices quadruple! Lol

    Great find! Originally I used my no 7 for a lot, but now prefer the smaller planes.

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    Sandy
    4 January 2014 at 3:06 am #25181

    Antique stores can be the best place to find hand tools. And most of the time they are reasonably priced.

    Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

    Albert Einstein

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    John Moore
    4 January 2014 at 3:07 am #25182

    Thanks everyone.

    I really don’t know how much I will use it. I mill almost all my boards by hand from rough sawn lumber purchased from a local hardwood retailer. I milled two (4ft) boards with the No. 7 today. It was a different feel altogether. It is heavier for sure, but it seem to make short work of the milling process. I will restore the plane and use it along with my No. 4, 4 1/2, 5, and 6.

    Lakeland, Florida USA

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    Dave
    4 January 2014 at 3:45 am #25185

    John, nice find. I grabbed one of these last year locally for 25 bucks too. They are nice planes and I tend to use it mainly for edge jointing boards. It’s probably not a must have plane but for the price and like you I couldn’t pass on it 🙂

    -Canada

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    str8tedge
    4 January 2014 at 4:49 am #25193

    John,

    Nice find on the #7. I have big brother #8 and it planes beautifully. You have to eat your Wheaties before using though.

    Joe B.

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    Serhiy D’yachyshyn
    4 January 2014 at 9:08 am #25199

    Great find John))
    I using my #7 with shooting board .Just my preference)It’s like train)

    Toronto, Canada

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