Sunday morning gloat or was I ripped off FINISHED

[Lord Nibbo]

I don't really think I was ripped off, infact I think I ripped off the seller, he wanted £8 I knocked him down to £5

Yes it's a very early Stanley 10 1/2 of about 1895-1910ish so well older than me

No adjustable front plate like on the very first models and no adjustable frog

Ok it's well rusty but not pitted, it was so rusty I had to use WD40 to get the cap off

Now this was my last restoration and some will cringe if I do this to the 10 1/2

I wonder what I'll get for it on ebay? [/b]

 

[Paul Chapman]

Ripped off :? No - there's at least £5 worth of rust on it :lol:

Be good to see it when you've restored it.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Woodmagnet]

Very nice score L.N.

 

[DaveL]

I think that is probably a hopeless case, best send it to me and I will dispose of it free of charge. :twisted:

Jealous who me? :mrgreen:

I think even at £8 it would have been a gloat and then you beat him down. :roll:

 

[mahking51]

LN
You havent't been sneaking down to Dorset when I'm not looking have you? :lol: :lol:
Nice score, lot of work though.
Regards,
Martin

 

[Lord Nibbo]

LN
You havent't been sneaking down to Dorset when I'm not looking have you? :lol: :lol:

Martin

No not Dorset it's full of grockles this time of year
I joined the emmets in Looe, the Lions club run a car boot here it's only about half a mile from where I live and today is a big one which includes vintage cars, motor cycles, vintage engines etc etc.

Found the plane on the very first stall I looked at and there must have been well over 500 stalls, it took about two hours to walk around. :shock:

Nice score, lot of work though.

Yes I think I'll give this an electrolysis try before anything else.

 

[mahking51]

LN
Just remembered where you are, it should, of course, have read UP to Dorset!

Nice plane though; I too, had a good find last week:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....m=260266669708&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=016

Look for ward to seeing some pics when its finished.
Cheers
Martin

 

[Racers]

Hi, Lord Nibbo


Very nice, I'm not jealous at all, no I'm not, I'm not, I'm not. :wink:


Pete

 

[TheTiddles]

I just don't get the attraction in repairing something that can be outdone by a cheap modern alternative...

That said, we went into Pets at Home yesterday and came out with an adopted pair of Degus, however there's still some life left in them!

Aidan

 

[bugbear]

Yes it's a very early Stanley 10 1/2 of about 1895-1910ish so well older than me

That's very sad. To my eye, that rust looks quite recent. I reckon that plane was comparatively rust free 2-3 year ago :-(

I would definitely be inclined to sell it on to a collector - I think they're a poor tool.

BugBear

 

[Anonymous]

LN how did you date it?

 

[Lord Nibbo]

LN how did you date it?

First thing, the castings have no reference to Stanley, only 10 1/2 molded directly infront of the tote just behind the frog. The word "Stanley" is engraved in the lateral adjuster and I suspect it will be on the blade but it's covered in rust. Bugbear is correct as most of the rust is very superficial only the lever cap is pitted badly so extra work is needed on it.

To date it a combination of "Handplane central" http://www.handplane.com/stanley-1902-catalog

and Patricks blood & Gore
http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan2.htm

 

[Lord Nibbo]

I couldn't resist getting the rust off. So here is the start of renovating it.

First step to assemble the kit needed to use electrolysis to strip the rust off

Pics of the kit

Really expensive kit One gallon plastic container with the top cut off, two bits of iron to act as negative anodes, two old spring clamps to hold the anodes, and a 12v battery charger, and most important two or three spoonfuls of washing soda.

Next step fill the container with water turn on the power and add the soda a little at a time until a current is obtained. (it starts to bubble)

Container filled with water the current is turned on and washing soda added

15 minutes later it's cooking quite nicely the scum on the top is rust.

 

[bugbear]

I just don't get the attraction in repairing something that can be outdone by a cheap modern alternative...

What's the modern alternative to a #10 1/2?

BugBear

 

[Smudger]

Lie Nielson 10¼?
Yours for £262.

 

[Lord Nibbo]

Here is a closer pic of the lever cap before restoration started

The lever cap had about an hour undergoing the electolysis treatment then I buffed it up using a polishing mop on my grinding machine. This next pic is how it looks now.

At the moment the frog and chip beaker are in tub cooking

 

[punkrockdad]

I'm impressed. What happens to the painted elements when you electrocute them ? Does it remove the paint if theres rust underneath?

 

[Lord Nibbo]

I'm impressed. What happens to the painted elements when you electrocute them ? Does it remove the paint if theres rust underneath?

Dunno

I've never tried it before, perhaps others who have done it could answer.

 

[bugbear]

The lever cap had about an hour undergoing the electolysis treatment then I buffed it up using a polishing mop on my grinding machine. This next pic is how it looks now.

Yeah - the older non-plated caps are easy.

The ones I HATE are where , courtesy of rust, they're half-plated :-(

BugBear

 

[Lord Nibbo]

The chip breaker had the same elecrolysis treatment but it needed a lot of rubbing down, there is some pitting as I expected but I can live with that

The blade although needing a lot a rubbing down came out much better than the chip breaker

Some clean up shows there is some pitting but nothing that bad

After flattening the sole and sides of the body a little just to get it clean paint stripper was applied
to remove the japaning

Washed the stripper off just needs some more cleaning and maybe a little flattening.