Category: Hand Plane Restoration Help

Mitre Plane Restoration By RS Woodworks Part 2

Authored By:  – RS Woodworks <–Back to Part 1     Part 3 –> So now that the plane is cleaned, and the sole and right […]

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Mitre Plane Restoration By RS Woodworks Part 1

Authored By:  – RS Woodworks Part 2 –>   Part 3 –> With having finished my shooting board, I decided to restore this mitreplane to use […]

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Electrolysis at TimeTestedTools

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Electrolysis. It is a a great process and will get rid of the rust, or at least make it easy to brush off. I have […]

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I need to remove the handle on my old Stanley #45

So where is the I need to remove the handle on my old Stanley #45, so where is the pin and how do I get […]

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Mixtures for wood working tasks

[responsivetable] Brett Cordell posted this on the Facebook group “Unplugged Woodworkers”. Although not completely related to tools, I often use similar formulas to finish wood […]

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Can you save that Cutter – Part 2

Its well known I like to save as much of the original plane as I can. If you remember my first part CAN YOU SAVE […]

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Restoration Technique Comparisons

After some discussions on Facebook’s Unplugged Woodworker group on what is the best technique to remove rust from the sides of a rusty old plane, […]

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Hand Plane Restoration by the no soak method.

Every blog on hand plane restoration starts with some kind of soaking. Evapo-rust, citric acid, electrolysis, all meant to eat away the rust. I go into detail on these methods and more on my full Bench Plane Restoration Guide. But I’ve been soaking my planes less and less lately, finding a faster and a much  safer approach.

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Tuning the cap iron (chip breaker)

For the whole restoration guide, click here For the bench plane tuning guide, click here My Video of tuning the chip breaker As I was […]

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Replace a bench plane lateral adjuster

Replacing a bench plane lateral adjuster Buy the book I bought a nice type 11 Stanley #4. When I received it, it had a home […]

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