06-26-2019, 09:05 AM
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Nothing special about this #5, except that it's the first one my 12YO son and I did together. It was his grandpa's plane. Well... it's not a plane that grandpa used in his WW shop, but it's a plane he found in grandpa's junk pile so he thought that was pretty cool. I didn't take a before pic but it was pretty rusty. Soaked in evaporust and then cleaned up with sandpaper and scotchbrite pads. Sanded and tongue oil on the wood. Had to steal a nut for the handle and a blade from another plane. It's got some nasty backlash in the adjustment screw, but it's making whispy shavings now and will be a great 'starter' plane for the boy. He didn't do as much of the grunt work as I would have liked, but he did help and he's very proud of his new plane.
Nothing special about this #5, except that it's the first one my 12YO son and I did together. It was his grandpa's plane. Well... it's not a plane that grandpa used in his WW shop, but it's a plane he found in grandpa's junk pile so he thought that was pretty cool. I didn't take a before pic but it was pretty rusty. Soaked in evaporust and then cleaned up with sandpaper and scotchbrite pads. Sanded and tongue oil on the wood. Had to steal a nut for the handle and a blade from another plane. It's got some nasty backlash in the adjustment screw, but it's making whispy shavings now and will be a great 'starter' plane for the boy. He didn't do as much of the grunt work as I would have liked, but he did help and he's very proud of his new plane.