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 […]
Continue readingCategory: Hand Planes
The Elusive 6408 Sargent
You can find this plane on page 42 of my book! To a Sargent collector, the Sargent 6408 plane is one of the more sought […]
Continue reading
The Victor Planes By Stanley
It’s fairly common knowledge the relationship between Stanley Rule And level Company and Leonard Bailey was a bit rocky throughout their time. There was numerous […]
Continue reading
Known Examples of Planes Made by Millers Falls for other companies
There are places on the web to find information concerning most (but not all!) planes made by the Millers Falls Company beginning in 1929 and […]
Continue reading
Fillister Restored
Here is a past restore of a moving fillister After taking this apart I had a missing wedge for the knicker, the main wedge was […]
Continue reading
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 […]
Continue reading
Fixing (or making) a Tote Bolt
Many time there will be a need for a new tote bolt. Here is the remedy Click here are f your looking for the tote […]
Continue reading
How flat does my smoother sole need to be?
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 […]
Continue reading
Building the dw Infill Shoulder plane
Building a Infill Shoulder plane I while ago I picked up what I believe is a MATHIESON copy of a shoulder plane. I decided to […]
Continue reading
Cut Away Views
Click here to see the Plane parts labeled—-> —- Sargent Type Study —> Stanley Type Study —-> Now for Some Bedrock Typing Bedrock planes here […]
Continue reading