Painted planes??

Maybe it was The Devils

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

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Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI

>looks like one of those cheap sheltons or some other plane, although it looks like it could have been made into a very nice plane. Shame I missed it ;)

Re: Painted planes??

Steven McKinley from Calgary

>And I thought the all chrome one that I have was an abomination

Steven

Everyone knows that red paint

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>makes it go faster. The only improvement this one's missing is the flame job in black.

What are people thinking?

David Miller from Iowa

>I went to Chicago�s Maxwell Street market on Sunday (it�s not on Maxwell Street anymore) and a guy had a bunch of bench planes all recently sprayed with that aluminum paint. I asked the guy why he did it and he said that no one uses planes anymore so he wanted to make them look good for people who decorate restaurants, etc. I bought the Bailey #3c and the #4c for $5 each (talked him down 75%) with the hope I can get most of it off. Both had good rosewood (fortunately he just waved the spray can at them) so I can always get my value out of those after a refinish.

If any of you are ever in Chicago on a Sunday morning, it�s an interesting market. Go early though � it gets pretty crowded about 10:00 AM. And bring your appetite for Hispanic food.

Try Acetone..

Jonathan Peck - N.Y.

>It should remove the paint and leave the japanning.

Re: Painted planes??

Wayne Anderson

>I once bought a Stanley type 12 #5 that had been painted red. I found that the paint came off very nicely with the orange gel stripper...and because I didn't let the stripper sit long, (2-3 minutes) it didn't even touch the oven baked Japanning. I applied stripper, then washed with mineral spirits, and repeated as necessary. The paint had actually preserved the Japanning, and I was left with a VERY minty looking plane. Wayne Anderson

Hey Bill...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>That plane would look great next to your gold 62... Scott, duckin and runnin.

Gosh

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>if I didn't already have a No. 5, it would be tempting. Although LOML won't acknowledge it, I do have a wild side hiding away.

Re: What are people thinking?

Frank Martin (Chicago, IL)

>Hey David, where is this market exactly? I live in Chicago and interested in spending checking it out.

Thanks!

Chicago Maxwell Street Market *LINK*

David Miller from Iowa

>They close off Canal starting at Roosevelt and going about three blocks south, first thing every Sunday AM. It's evolved into a classic hispanic market with lots of produce, clothing, food and wares, but there are plenty of junkers there that have tools.

It used to be actually be on Maxwell Street just south of the Eisenhower, but they shut it down when they built that addition to UIC. Man, that was a the grandaddy of all flea markets and I picked up the core of my collection there in the 80s and early 90s.

I haven't found a real tool treasure since they moved, but I always find a little something to make it worthwhile. I looked at maybe 30 handsaws and came away with a very nice 19th century Bishop for $2, plus the planes a mentioned. A couple weeks ago I found an olive jar full of #45 cutters for $2 - stuff like that. They also have the guys with crummy planes for which they won't take less than $40...


Chicago Maxwell Street Market