My wife was talking to our son the other day and he was telling her about a store over on the east side of town which sells all kinds of groceries at a discount. Sort of like a dollar store I suppose, but more like a surplus sales place. It was a bit different as we took our first visit there yesterday afternoon. I found they also have a whole section of odds and ends, stuff seemingly from garage sales, etc.
There among a whole wall of used power and hand tools I spotted a couple of hand planes. A good handplane is something that I have wanted for some time, but I don't like buying off the internet and the local big box stores seem to have only junk.
So to my surprise I found a two Stanley planes: A Bailey #3 and a #78, which I believe is a rabbet plane. The Bailey seems complete and sole is quite flat and square with the sides, with only some fore to aft scratches. Surface dirt and rust is prevalent, but not substantial or pitting, at least that is how it appears at this point.
The #78 I had to look up on Google, and at this point appears to be missing what I think is called a "depth rod", but what I have appears to be no more than just dirty with some light rust.
I'll take some pictures and post them and would be interest in everyone's opinion and suggestions as I'd love to get these cleaned up and into use. BTW, each was only $6, so I'm confident my purchase wasn't a foolish one. It would be highly interesting to me to know the approximate age of these, but that is only from a perspective of interest and not one of monetary value.
CWS
There among a whole wall of used power and hand tools I spotted a couple of hand planes. A good handplane is something that I have wanted for some time, but I don't like buying off the internet and the local big box stores seem to have only junk.
So to my surprise I found a two Stanley planes: A Bailey #3 and a #78, which I believe is a rabbet plane. The Bailey seems complete and sole is quite flat and square with the sides, with only some fore to aft scratches. Surface dirt and rust is prevalent, but not substantial or pitting, at least that is how it appears at this point.
The #78 I had to look up on Google, and at this point appears to be missing what I think is called a "depth rod", but what I have appears to be no more than just dirty with some light rust.
I'll take some pictures and post them and would be interest in everyone's opinion and suggestions as I'd love to get these cleaned up and into use. BTW, each was only $6, so I'm confident my purchase wasn't a foolish one. It would be highly interesting to me to know the approximate age of these, but that is only from a perspective of interest and not one of monetary value.
CWS
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