BEAUTIFUL Stanley Plane Restoration!

I picked this rusty Stanley plane up for £18 at a car boot sale in the UK a few years ago. It was about time it had an Old School Restoration!
I began disassembly which was fairly straight forward except a couple of points where I had to use an impact driver to remove rusted in screws on the handle and the frog adjustment. I tried electrolysis for rust removal, but there was some rust left so tried evaporust, this worked very well.
After a good clean up the restoration began, sanding, and polishing all parts and sharpening the blade and chip breaker with a diamoned stone.
I was really pleased with how this came out, it's not too overdone, and I like the fact the handle it retained its patina even after a gentle clean up and a week soaking in linseed oil!
I hope you enjoy the rust removal and restoration!
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[dwainlambrigger]

Really wonderful work. I also have a Stanley Bailey 4 1/2 Made in England plane that went through a similar process. I decided to take the wood down to it's natural color and apply a clear finish. I also power coated the body black. I really love those 1/2 size Stanley Bailey planes! You did exquisite work. One thing I would have like to see, put that board on it's face and let us see faceplaning as well as edgeplaning. Again, great restoration, Well Done!

[PercentNearEnough]

It's great to see a restoration that doesn't overdo it. Perfection.

[DonPusateri]

I love that you used an actual part of the plane to scrape the handle clean lol. Nice job 👍

[nickbeale]

Great work - love the attention to detail by turning the screws to align them with the grain of the wood on the handles - excellent!

[muzicgr]

Wow I have restored 5 planes but this gives me new Ideas to do it better. Thank you.

[terryrogers]

Excellent restoration, like the way you went about the whole process. You have turned that into a beautiful, and usable plane, must be a pleasure to use. Thanks for the video, enjoyed watching.

[georgebrown]

Marvelous restoration job you did on the old plane. It looks much better than before and it works like a charm after you sharpened and adjusted the blade. Excellent work.

[davem]

Lovely job, does show how well made these were & quality materials used back in the day, lovely work, you have a new subscriber

[Tensquaremetreworkshop]

Really nice restoration. I would have wanted to add the background paint around the 'STANLEY' on the lever cap... Makes it pop.

[standswithfish]

Nicely done! Nothing like the old tools.

[Renovation-Dan]

Cracking restoration. I’ve just been given a Stanley plane from my Dad and am planning on giving it a quick once over. Maybe not quite to this standard but very satisfying to see what can be done 🙌🏼

[Jako-fhzg]

I really loved this video, so good and the Plane looks just amazing 🙏 respect Jako 🙏

[biffuk]

Just started restoring old tools myself so looking forward to see what tips and methods you can show me.

[MrRockoron]

Nice restoration. Excelente restauración.

[TermiteUSA]

One thing, flattening the sole should only be done with the blade and it's parts installed.

[Richardwrightpainter]

english made stanley planes don't have a type, only those "made in the usa" it's most definitely not a type 15, i have the full set of type 15's from 1 to 8, made 1931 to 1932, commonly known as the sweetheart era, named after william hart, a Stanley grandee, yours is a late 70's, the lever cap and frog design and the sole casting absolutely prove that.

[amp]

What did you use to remove the japanning? I’ve been really struggling with this in my own cleanups. Do you have a video that shows more detail of this phase?

[konstantinsirotkin]

Great job, but why leave the plane body unprotected from rust and not repair the crack in the knob?