Plane care and refurbishing.

[Rick Barton]

I decided the other day I needed to pull out my user planes and give them an inspection and a good oiling. A few needed some light polishing as surface rust was trying to form from finger prints. I try to remember to rub an oily rag over them before putting them up but sometimes I forget.

Anyway I guess I enjoyed that so much I decided to rehab a few rough planes I've had squirreled away for a while.









Well that's what I've gotten done this past week. I still have about a dozen needing one level of attention or another.


Thanks for looking.

[Skip J.]

Excellent work Rick!

Gotta love those red frog Miller's Falls...... Mine are Craftsman.... but they are the same planes....

[JimReed@Tallahassee]

Good work. I'll send you a few boxfuls if you get bored.

[Rick Barton]

Good work. I'll send you a few boxfuls if you get bored.

Oh, I dunno, Jim. My old hands are starting to complain as it is.

[JimReed@Tallahassee]

Oh, I dunno, Jim. My old hands are starting to complain as it is.

I know the feeling. Anytime I get too vigorous in the shop my friend "Arthur" comes for a visit. I do not really care for him or any of the "Itis" clan anyway.

[Rick Barton]

Yeah Skip I like me some Millers Fall's. They're really good tools and a bit different than all the Stanley's we see.