At 10:39 PM -0700 7/9/02, PAUL OLTMANNS wrote:
	[snip flame bait intro]
>I'm using a Stanley, No. 5 Plane as an example, type 11.  All parts are era
>correct.
	[snip impossible, and incomplete, list of  choices]

	Paul, Paul:  You expect me to *sell* a complete and intact Type 11
Stanley plane, even a common-as-dirt #5 jack??  Come oon, man!  I would:
	Disassemble completely, take off the rust (by electrozap and/or
rubbing with 400 grit sandpaper under a water drip); lap the sole as
necessary, if only to get a smooth and fairly shiny surface, also down to
400 grit; regrind blade to proper bevel, polish back, and hone to 2000 grit
Scary Sharp with *slight* camber; fettle chipbreaker as needed, make all
brass parts shiny with Brasso or Flitz, knowing the bright will fade to
merely clean in due time; rub down wood with #000 steel wool dipped in
paste wax (removing those paint specks you didn't mention in the process
and blending remaining varnish with unfinished areas); apply paste wax to
all parts, metal and wood, and polish with soft cloth; reassemble with a
mere hint of 3in1 oil on all threaded parts; fettle and tune some more;
test it out on some cherry or maple scraps; smile in satisfaction at
recovering another lost tool from a worse fate; put it away in chest or
cabinet as an "additional backup" to whatever is already there.
	Just one other possible option.
		Tom Holloway,
who is of the opinion that one can't have too many complete and intact T11
Stanley planes on hand, appropriately restored to user condition.

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