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Maybe I’m impatient, but boot sales or garage sales as we have here in Australia sounds like hard work.Yes I’m lazy :))
But gumtree, a local buy and sell online site is proving to be not so crazy as eBay. I’ve brought a no5 Stanley for $70au, a no4 for $40au, a no90 for $90 and the real find was a no71 for $160au. So I’m pretty happy with that. It’s not super cheap but happy they were reasonable prices compared to eBay.
Now onto the renovation stage………Happy days 🙂- This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by Paul.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.@markh I’d love to go to one of these meets, but Melbourne is a long drive for a plane 😉 If I’m in Melbourne though and it lines up for sure.
I’m finding gumtree a good place to search.
Admittedly a low angle Stanley plane no 62 is rare but I saw one go on eBay yesterday for $441. Now that’s serious cash.@dionysios – so much to learn but some good stuff there. Although his accent made me laugh 😉
@Dionysios, Using your advise I worked a bit more on the sole but that low spot on the front of the mouth is just too low and I ran out of sandpaper before getting it out, it would need a lot more full sole flattening to get it out is my guess. So I have left it at that and put some time into the iron getting it down to 400 grit for now just so I can test it. It did break out a bit on the pine I used for testing but overall it worked ok.
Happy day.Edit: Looking at the picture now I think I should have moved the frog forward to get the knife edge of the iron closer to the front of the mouth – is that correct?
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You must be logged in to view attached files.Thanks sandy, that search got me looking in different places.
I’ve noticed that a lot of planes are real Frankensteins, I’m scratching my head on a no 4 type 15 on eBay that seems to have an older frog and younger lever cap than the sole?? But I suppose that’s the fun of becoming a collector of these tools, to weed out the good from the bad.
@Colin – A good alternative for sure, but part of me wants to get the Stanley 71 for its collector value – its part of the lure of this hobby for me; to treat it like a collectors hobby as well as a wood working hobby.
I purchased a record 405 plane yesterday, so am looking forward to getting that. I’m keeping the price from my wife, so don’t ask how much!! :))- This reply was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by Paul.
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Admittedly these high prices were for the Stanley 71 router (holy grail of routers) and the record 405s. But even so a Stanley no4 plane that needs restoration are still fetching $100+ with postage here in Oz.
You can get cheaper but it’ll have a broken tote, or poor sole or worn iron.
You can get new planes like the lunar for $250 so I suppose a good secondhand Stanley is worth $100.
I’ll keep looking 🙂
Just an update with pictures…..
The tote has been pinned and glued, stained and vanishing.
The parts that need it have had a quick 120 grit sand but more to do.
On one of the pictures you can see un-square sides, in fact its obvious by eye that its out.Is it worth sanding down the sole any more to get the marks out, or is this just aesthetics?
Amazing its not more rusted as it had spent some/most of its life on a small island.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.Thanks for the advise guys, good to know that this is not an issue and can be “normal” for a plane of this type.
The sole seems ok and all the other parts are looking ok. The tote was cracked through so for now I have pinned and glued it back together, not sure if this will last but I’ll give it a go. I can see why they crack so easily as the shaft of the securing bolt tends to put a shearing force through the tote when it’s tightened.Pictures will follow when it’s finished, it’ll be it’s first planing in probably 20years 🙂
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