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You can teach an old dog plane old tricks...

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You can teach an old dog plane old tricks...

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You can teach an old dog plane old tricks...

steve antonucci in NW NJ

>So I decided to take my old wooden jointer and ruin the antique and collector value of it by making it a serviceable tool again.

I've never understood how something old that didn't work for it's intended purpose could be worth less if you fixed it. To that end, I took the iron out, and ran the sole across my jointer to flatten it.

In doing so, I discovered that it appears to be made of beech. I also glued the crack in the handle. Below is the result.

Thanks for the advice. I guess I'll just have to go out and buy a chandelier for the shop now...

Steve


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John Snyder, Pocono's PA

>I never worry about collectible value for common planes - its rewarding to salvage one from despair, eh ?

JS

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Todd Hughes

>When you asked about the plane befor I thought it was a wood plane that someone had put a Stanley Sedgly blade in it and not a Sedgly Transitional plane....Don't worry about hurting the vaule with the cracked handle it was probably wort $10-20 and it is still worth $10-$20......Todd

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Please tell me more...

steve antonucci in NW NJ

>I'm not a collector, but I certainly admire a well tuned plane. From my picture, can you tell me a little bit of the history.

If I recall correctly, I won it with about 12 other tools in a box lot (I think it was what I was bidding on, and I was happily surpised to see it came with a box of carving gouges and calipers- $20.)

Steve

Gloating over a working transitional plane (whatever that is.)

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Ernie Miller Topeka

>A transitional is a wood plane that has the improvments of a metal plane. the metal blade adjuster the lateral adjuster and metal parts. Kinda the best of both worlds. hated by many loved by a few who take the time to tune up and make work. That one is a rather nice looking one. you should see the Keen Kutter I bought the other day. broken blade, busted tote and it looks like either a bever or pack rat chewed on the heal. what a sight to see. just junk in the bottom of a box.

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Thanks for the info

steve antonucci in NW NJ

>Aside from the mouth being a little too wide, I bet this plane would do an excellent job on most woods. I set it to cut the shavings you see (with almost no effort) and they're cut so thin that they are "magnetic" - static clng if you go near them.

S

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Ernie Miller Topeka

>You can allways patch the mouth to close it up if you need to. Them big wood planes take so much less effort to push.

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Glad to hear it turned out...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Good. Looks like a nice user plane ya got there.

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