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Last hunting trip for a long time. Picked up three more mouldings planes from the same place as yesterday, a nice Miller's Falls No 1 crank drill, a nice, small Stanley try square, and all metal T-bevel. Then from another location picked up a nice Ward's Master No. 4 (Stanley made) for $10, and a fairly rough Stanley try square. #woodworking #stanleytoolrestoration #Stanleytoolcollecting #millersfallstools #vintagetools

I picked up this old No 3 at a flea market for $10 in September. It was fairly rough, but not too bad. It had a wierd iron that was sized to fit a No 2, and the knob is in pretty bad shape as you can see. I can the ridiculous idea to get a Lie-Nielson iron for it. Which of course was too thick, and forced me to take a file to the mouth to make it work. But I never got it to work, until today. As I was oiling and storing the planes, I set this one aside, and went at it again with the file. Now I can take shavings with it. So I did for a while, just to enjoy it. Now I have two No 3s, that work. Just need to tune up the Ohio, and I'll have three. #woodworking #Stanleytoolcollecting #stanleytoolrestoration

My Stanley No. 79, 98, and 99, all hanging out together for the first time. I think I'm good on side rabbet planes. Now I just need some rabbets to plane. #woodworking #Stanleytoolcollecting #stanleytoolrestoration

Decided to do a size comparison. Sargent 407, Stanley No 3, 4, Ohio 04 1/2, Stanley No 5, 5 1/2, 6, 7, and 8 together in one shot. My Stanley 4 1/2 is 3000 miles away, and couldn't make it. #han#Stanleytoolcollecting #stanleytoolrestoration #sargenttools # Ohio tools

A few days ago, I finally found a Stanley No 99, for a tolerable price, to go along with my 98. #woodworking #Stanleytoolcollecting #stanleytoolrestoration

The last of my late Christmas gifts finally reached their new home today. The Stanley 4 and 5 that I cleaned up. The 4 was already in pretty good condition, the 5 was one that I came back to several times over a long period as, rust wise, was the most challenging of all the planes I've restored. The two wooden planes, got a thorough cleaning with turpentine, and an extensive bath of a blend of vinegar, turpentine, and boiled linseed oil. Then all the irons and chip breakers got cleaned, tuned, sharpend, and reassembled. Then I got to take them all for a test drive, before putting them in the mail. #woodworking #Stanleytoolcollecting #stanleytoolrestoration

Playing with the No 3. I haven't sharpened it at all. This is edge that it came with from Lie-Nielson. I'll hone it up eventually, and see what all the hype is about. #woodworking #Stanleytoolcollecting #stanleytoolrestoration #Lie-Nielsen