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Vintage Plane Restoration Guide

The document discusses restoring vintage Stanley hand planes. It describes cleaning rust and paint from plane parts using solvents and chemical solutions. The parts are then sanded, polished, painted or oiled. Blade edges and chip breakers are sharpened. New knobs and handles can be turned on a lathe. Upon reassembly, test cuts are made to ensure proper adjustment of moving components. The goal is to bring old planes back to useful condition at low cost.

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Vintage Plane Restoration Guide

The document discusses restoring vintage Stanley hand planes. It describes cleaning rust and paint from plane parts using solvents and chemical solutions. The parts are then sanded, polished, painted or oiled. Blade edges and chip breakers are sharpened. New knobs and handles can be turned on a lathe. Upon reassembly, test cuts are made to ensure proper adjustment of moving components. The goal is to bring old planes back to useful condition at low cost.

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  • Hand Plane Restorations
  • Step 2: Disassemble
  • Step 3: Remove Paint
  • Step 4: Vinegar and Salt
  • Step 6: Dry
  • Step 5: Baking Soda
  • Step 7: Polish
  • Step 8: Tape
  • Step 9: Prime
  • Step 10: Paint
  • Step 11: Assembly
  • Step 12: Irons
  • Step 13: Chip Breakers
  • Step 14: Front Knob
  • Step 15: Tote
  • Step 16: Rough Sand
  • Step 17: Finish Sanding
  • Step 19: Adjust
  • Step 18: Finish

instructables

Hand Plane Restorations

by djpolymath

Vintage Stanley planes are great restoration projects. They can be found in all manners of deterioration, and often
come at a very reasonable price.

Step 1: Vintage Planes

The following website will help identify what year plane you are dealing with by some of its features.
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Step 2: Disassemble

Disassemble the planes and keep track of all the parts. Photos are a good way to document the assembly
process.

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Step 3: Remove Paint

Two of the planes I purchased were spray painted all over, with a good helping of rust underneath. I used aircraft
remover to remove the paint and japanning.

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Step 4: Vinegar and Salt

I used a vinegar salt solution for rust removal. The process acts much faster than vinegar alone. You have to be
careful how long you soak the parts for and the strength of the metal because this can cause deterioration to the
metal.

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Step 5: Baking Soda

Soak the parts in baking soda while you clean them with a wire brush. This will neutralized the acid from the
previous solution.

Step 6: Dry

Dry the parts so they don't flash rust. You can do this in the oven or hot sun.

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Step 7: Polish

Use a buffing wheel with compound to buff any parts that can use a shine.

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Step 8: Tape

Tape off any parts that you do not want painted.

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Step 9: Prime

Prime the parts to give a solid base for paint.

Step 10: Paint

Paint the frogs and bodies.

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Step 11: Assembly

Attach the frog to the base.

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Step 12: Irons

Shape and hone the Irons. I used a grinding stone, water stone and leather with green compound. I will not go into
the intricacies of blade geometry here, but the primary bevel, micro-bevel, relief bevel and back bevel are all
important aspects of the cutting edge.

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Step 13: Chip Breakers

Reassemble the iron and chip breaker. The distance the chip breaker sits from the edge of the iron is important.
The following article is worth a look if you are interested in chip breakers.

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totally-evil

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Step 14: Front Knob

Turn some front knobs on the lathe to fit the different bases. Then apply your desired finish.

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Step 15: Tote

Fashion a tote from a block of wood. Drilling the center hole can be a bit tricky. Make sure you test the alignment
before you complete the piece.

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Step 16: Rough Sand

Use a belt sander to roughly shape each tote.

Step 17: Finish Sanding

Use finer sanding instruments and hand sanding to complete the totes.

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Step 18: Finish

Apply a coat of Danish oil and when dry buff on some wax.

Step 19: Adjust

Complete reassembly and make adjustments.

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instructables Hand Plane Restorations by djpolymath Vintage Stanley planes are great restoration projects. They can be found
Hand Plane Restorations: Page 2
Step 2: Disassemble Disassemble the planes and keep track of all the parts. Photos are a good way to document the assembly pr
Step 3: Remove Paint Two of the planes I purchased were spray painted all over, with a good helping of rust underneath. I use
Step 4: Vinegar and Salt I used a vinegar salt solution for rust removal. The process acts much faster than vinegar alone. Yo
Hand Plane Restorations: Page 6
Step 5: Baking Soda Soak the parts in baking soda while you clean them with a wire brush. This will neutralized the acid from
Step 7: Polish Use a buffing wheel with compound to buff any parts that can use a shine. Hand Plane Restorations: Page 8
Step 8: Tape Tape off any parts that you do not want painted. Hand Plane Restorations: Page 9
Step 9: Prime Prime the parts to give a solid base for paint. Step 10: Paint Paint the frogs and bodies. Hand Plane Restora

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