Recovered Plane
Published on March 5, 2007
I went down to my Dad’s farm this past weekend and found this old hand plane. It was covered in rust and cobwebs but I thought I might take it home and see if I could salvage it. The topic of hand planes on DA lately has inspired me to give it a try.
I sprayed the bottom of the plane with Rust Free (with a little help from steel wool it can do wonders at removing rust from steel surfaces). Then I took it apart and sharpened the blade. After putting it all back together, I tested it out on a piece of poplar. It was a little tricky getting the depth of the blade set just right but once I did it seemed to be working as good as new!