Mister Stanley Victor goes into Rehab

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Well, the mail carrier dropped off a box today, all the wat from Florida, no less. Inside a mountain of shredded paper was a handplane

Might not be the prettiest gal on the corner, nor something made of bronze. This is a Victor #1104, made by Stanley. The red showing is also on the chipbreaker, as weel as the frog. Another view of this

Did have a few spider nests sitting around in it, too. Well, first thing I do when doing a rehab of a plane, is take it all down to just …..parts

Looking for any thing cracked, or broken. Also got rid of the hitch-hiking spiders. A good idea is to have a small tub/bowl, just to toss the smaller items in. That way, they don’t go wandering off somewhere ( Like under the bench)

Now, I had to let all this set for half a day. Why? Had a few other things to go out and get…New tire for the van, sandpaper for the plane, and a can of RED Rustoleum to re-coat a couple parts. Colour scheme was a gray body, with RED accents. Why? Stanley’s idea, not mine. So, when I got back home, I started to haul all these parts to the Dungeon Rehab Shop, aka the Basement workshop. Down there, there are all kinds of torture instuments

Like an upside down beltsander, with 100 grit belt. Used on the flat areas, mainly to get the worse of the rust to leave. It will also do the work when I go to sharpen the iron. Right here, it is cleaning up the frog’s “behind” a bit, to get a better surface to meet the base casting. Like them nice and smooth and flat. There is also another torture machine down here

Armed with wire brushes of several sizes, to clean and polish off the brown stuff. Any bolts that go near this machine, must be held securely, by visegrips if i can. otherwise said bolts have been known to flew off into parts uncharted, never to be seen again.

Why is it, when i go to buy a belt for the sander, I always wind up with too small a belt? Sign said 3

Mister Stanley Victor goes into Rehab