I picked up an old stanley bedrock no 603 this weekend for 5 bucks, The blade and all mechanical parts appear to be in good shape but in need of cleaning and sharpening. The base looks like its coated with old dry paint streaks.
Here are a couple picks.
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hope I can find a few more, this is the first plane I ever owned and will need to learn how to set it up for use.
I agree, and you suck BTW. Do yourself a favor though, clean the runst off it, if any, and put it aside. Get a #4 or a #5 and use it as your learning how-to plane. Save the Bedrock until you really know what you're doing. Take a look at Jeff Gorman's website as well as Patrick Leach's. Then you'll be much better equipped to deal with a Bedrock. YMMV.
Don't even do that much - just put it aside as it is, in a dry cardboard box. Then restore your first plane from a low-value clunker and use this as your second restoration.
Agreed. Pay another $5 for a #5, which is about the best size for a bench plane. Then read the usual resources (Jeff Gorman etc.) which are posted here regularly. Learn electrolysis, learn sharpening, learn plane fettling.
By the looks of it the front handle has split and is taped up. If it's a rosewood knob, then it's worth gluing that up neatly and restoring - otherwise they're available as spares, or you can say hi to a wood turner.
I think it's a type #13 or so, as it appears to have a cast ring around the front knob. A good age for user planes and a #3 is a nice small smoother, when well tuned. Bit delicate for a main plane, so find it that #5 to keep it company.
Or you could just use this plane as a dust collector - finding a $5 Bedrock on your first outing is major suckage !
I live is a very rural area where the cows outnumber the humans by 5 to 1, Its not unusual to find a bunch of antique tools and the like at yard sales or in old abandoned barns. I've found many wood block planes without any hardware but I didn't buy them. Another common antique tool in my area is a shingle cutter (Not sure if that's the proper name or not)
I think you may have misunderstood me. I do quite well on findinng planes and other goodies. When I can't find it, the blacksmith at the National Park that I volunteer at makes tools for me, to fit, at very nice prices and quality. In the past I've provided planes and spokeshaves to wRECkers who were having problems finding or affording them where they are. Some places don't have such a good access to tools as we do. What I was suggesting was that you help others, if you feel like it.
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