Thread: A difficult legacy - Turner 5 & 1/2 Plane

Goodvibes

With friends like that maintaining you need a challenge, I suggest you try not to chalk up too many enemies .

The body of the plane looks like a good candidate for rust removal first with a light brush as you have suggested and then electrolysis. I don't use electrolysis for thin metal tools. but I think it is ideal for a plane body.

Best of luck with it as I think the metal parts will be the easier bit.

Regards
Paul

More effort than good luck required

Soaking in citric acid will get rid of most of the rust. I previously got it at Bunnings - White knight concrete etcher.
Mix approx a lidfull per litre and let it soak overnight, then scrub with wire brush and repeat. (you can keep using the same lot of acid for a few soakings)

Don't use it for the lever cap, as it can eat some alloys, and also lift some of the chrome.
If the cap iron is very rusty you may want only put it in the acid for a few hours at a time and see how it goes.

As it is just a food acid, it's pretty safe to handle.

It may take time to locate a tote for it, but they do turn up (I sold one on the forums a while back). Check the markets.


Hope this helps, Jeff

I thought I picked up rusty ole tools.

drown it in vinegar for a few days that will clean it all up sit it up off the bottom total coverage. Keep the lid on the container. When you remove each part have a container of clean water to rinse it in then spray with WD40 then see how bad it is.

Good luck with it, I am sure you can turn-a user out of it. I saw a red Turner tote on ebay about a month ago, not sure if it got sold or not.

That's an interesting challenge. Nothing to lose, a good memorial to your friend to gain. Give it your best shot. And of course, there's nothing wrong with wooden handles, temporarily or permanent.

Some (all?) Turners had alloy frogs. How's this one stood up to the corrosion?

I've got two planes in the "legacy" catagory. A brand new (4 years old now) Clifton No.4 1/2 I bought with money from my mother's will. And a beaten-up old Stanley No.10 1/4 given by my ex-FIL. It's my intention to get them both engraved with their respective names - once the 10 1/4 is fixed up (maybe that way the kids will treasure them when I too have shuffled off to the great workshop in the sky).

Cheers, Vann.

I've got a mint knob & tote, but you can't have them 'cause the're on my Turner No.5, sorry. Keep us updated on how the rust removal goes & if it's salvagable I'm sure there will be enough of us going to the TTTG sale at the end of February, that one of us may be able to find them for you there.