A "Before & After"

[bandit571]

Saturday morning, West Liberty Yard Sales, Day 2......spent $3
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Chisel is a 3/4" wide Craftsman....the block plane?
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Lever cap iron suggests this was by Sargent.....just a tad on the rusty, krusty side...we have ways...
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Sole was fairly good, for a block plane, once the rust was removed( rode on the beltsander for a few minutes)

Removed the rest of the rust and crud...
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Lever cap iron has 306, 307 stamped to it's underside,  Iron has DUNLAP  APPROVED  BL  619.3701...but, stamped into the base, right behind the ramp to the mouth opening
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217-16....
Knob was oiled up, the 2 bolts were cleaned up,  depth adjuster was removed, cleaned up and oiled up.   All the missing black colour was replaced.   Iron is a work-in-progress....had a line of pits to remove....and a new bevel ground....
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Top view.  Base is 7-1/8" long....
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Not too bad?  Better than it was, at the least.

Made by Sargent, sold at the local Sears & Roebuck store, back in the day.
Need to work on the iron a bit more, before any shavings can be made....

Will work on the chisel, as well....it's bevel is really BAD..

Stay tuned

[stav]

Nice work on the block plane.

That chisel looks like one of a set I bought when I first started woodworking.  They do the job but they aren't fine chisels.