Sargent #409 Type 5 Smoothing Plane – Circa 1942-1950 So in this post, I’m going to show the restoration process of this Sargent hand plane. For brevity, most of the commentary will be in notations on the images. This is not an expensive plane by any means, but it was definitely a restorable plane, and I couldn’t just throw it
Read MoreSo, it starts with finding a ton of hand planes that need restoring. After finding a huge lot of planes to restore, it’s sifting through what is actually “worth” restoring, not for reselling, but worth my time investment to bring them back to life. If I won’t use it, then it isn’t worth my time to mess with it. Many
Read MoreSo, one day a year or two ago my wife and I stopped at a consignment shop somewhere in Iowa. It was then that I found a table full of old planes, and picked this old rusty plane up. It is a 22″ long Miller Falls 22c, an older plane that is suitable for leveling very large/wide boards, such as
Read MoreSometimes you can find tools on Craigslist or Facebook that really just need some TLC in order to be very usable again. This jointer apparently suffered the humidity and winters of Iowa in an unheated garage. Some elbow grease and some tenacity yielded a very serviceable jointer once it was completed. This jointer cost $125 used, plus another $25 for
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