Posts in category Hand Plane Restoration Help

  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 Bench Plane Restoration Guide By: …

This “Bench Plane Restoration Guide” is part one of two parts of a series on how to restore a vintage Bench Plane and other vintage hand tools.