Posts in category Hand Plane Restoration Help

For the whole restoration guide, click here For the bench plane tuning guide, click here As I was riding through the foothills of Vermont and …

I bought a nice type 11 Stanley #4. When I received it, it had a home made lateral replacement. Needing to replace the lateral adjuster …

Many time there will be a need for a new tote bolt. Here is the remedy Questions? Ask away. Click here are f your looking …

The question of how flat a sole of a hand plane need to be comes up all the time. Here is my opinion on the …

  I took a little risk buying this Stanley type 2 # 6. It had some condition issues. The issues included some pitting, one frog …

Fixing a Bench plane tote. If you need to make a new bolt look here.          Click here for the “Making a …

First i downloaded the Stanley templates from Lee Valley or Here are some Sargent and other templates. Thanks to Ben Stegemoller (Vector Illustration,  info@thevmg.com) for the Sargent tote …

Its not unusual to find pitted cutters on vintage planes. The question becomes “can you save them”? In some cases its possible. There are two …

To Restore a hand plane or to not restore a hand plane. By Don Wilwol Join Discussions on the forum As I circumvent the oddities …

  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” …