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6 December 2016 at 12:00 am #143081
I haven’t had a chance yet to square the bottom of the sole but it actually seems pretty flat. I’m still going to sand it against a flat surface if for no other reason to smooth the bottom out to slide easier against the work.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.5 December 2016 at 11:46 pm #143068Follow up now that I have actually received the plane and had a chance to play around.
I’ve sanded off all of the rust and started shining up the plane. Most of my time was spent on the iron, I wish I had taken a “before” picture. There were several good sized chips in the edge along with some odd secondary bevel that went across 1/3 of the edge. I spent most of my time with a 400 grit water stone restoring the original bevel. I wanted to test out the plane on some laminated boards I had on my bench which were still in rough shape so I left the little fine chips in the edge. The plane worked way better than expected even with leaving the chips in the edge of the iron. I used 400/1200/4k water stones to get a nice sharp polish. Now that I am impressed with this tool I will go back to the 400 to get those little chips out of the edge and polish it back up to a mirror finish. I imagine this process being repeated a few hundred times over the time I own this tool.
The lever cap damage along the bottom seems to be purely cosmetic. It holds the iron / chipbreaker down as tight as any other plane I’ve seen. Since it works, I won’t be replacing it.
So far I think this tool is very functional as is. You can see in the pics I made a nice little pile of shavings rather quickly. I will likely pretty this up some more but not much. I’m happy about my first eBay Plane. For 35 bucks investment along with some elbow grease I think I’ve got something I will use for years.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.30 November 2016 at 8:01 pm #142812@sojansson I appreciate your offer but I am in the US. I fear the cost of shipping would be prohibitive.
I’m fairly experienced with sharpening and have a nice set of waterstones that I use on other tools (chisels, blades for my block plane and jack plane, etc..). My goal is to sharpen up the original iron if possible. If the iron is beyond repair then I will try to find another original in better condition or just get a new iron / cap iron set from Lee Valley. Buying a new iron would significantly increase the total price but would likely last a lifetime.
I should have my new plane in hand on Monday. Then the journey begins.
30 November 2016 at 7:43 pm #142810Thanks everyone.
I realized I was calling the lever cap the cap iron by mistake. The cap iron (chipbreaker) appear to be ok. The lever cap does appear to be original as Cragglerock mentioned the pre 1925 models had no brand name. The good news is that there are many of this lever cap for sale on eBay for around 10 bucks.
I was excited when I made the bid, then nervous that I screwed up not knowing enough, now I’m back to being content with my purchase.
I appreciate everyone’s feedback and look forward to restoring this tool. With luck and enough time I may even prove useful with it 🙂
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