Posts in category Hand Plane Restoration Help

By Don Wilwol Join Discussions on the forum As I circumvent the oddities of the people we call collectors, I find it intriguing how different …

  You get lots of opinions on what to do and not to do when it comes to restoring/refinishing the base. I hear “never sand” …

If you plan to use you transitional, as with any plane, you want the blade (iron or cutter if you prefer) cleaned up and sharpened. …

While the parts are soaking in the Citric Acid Bath, we’ll turn our attention to the knob and tote. This one needs some repair. This …

This is a Sargent type 2 #3416 (a #26 in Stanley terms. It 15” long. The body is beech. I’m going to do a restore …

This is part two of two of a series on how to restore a Bench Plane Part 1 of the Restoration Guide By: Don Wilwol …

This is part one of two of a series on how to restore a Bench Plane By: Don Wilwol               (Edited last, 6-2017) Part 2 So, …