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  1. 13th December 2005, 04:03 PM #1
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    I picked up two wooden planes at the Wantirna Markets last Sunday, and want to get them back to a good condition. The blades seem okay. They're going through the Washing Soda bath at the moment. One is a Mathieson blade and the other is a James Howarth. Neither of the planes however, have stamps or markings of any kind.

    The lighter coloured plane has a fairly good finish on it, and I might just clean that up, but the other one is pretty shabby and I'd like to take it back a bit and refinish it.

    My question is, what is the best finish to use if I scrape back to some decent timber. Also, I am assuming I need to ensure that they are both flat and square, but I don't hve a jointer so I need to do that another way. Any help would be appreciated.

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    I'd give them both a couple of applications of Danish Oil and (after that has soaked in and dried), some UBeaut Traditional Wax and a bit of elbow grease.

    Others may have different ideas.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Driver
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    Others may have different ideas.

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    I do. I bought one from that market a while back.

    If you cut them up and put them on top of the coals in the Webber, they give a lovely smokey flavour to the beef.
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    equal parts linseed oil, metho, turps, kero.
    good for wood and metal, a bit of an all-rounder brew
    (i.e. probably only a little bit good for all things and not much good for most things) but I like it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Clinton1
    equal parts linseed oil, metho, turps, kero.
    good for wood and metal, a bit of an all-rounder brew
    (i.e. probably only a little bit good for all things and not much good for most things) but I like it.
    OK ..... er.....what does it taste like?
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    I use linseed oil and when that dries off I use ubeaut traditional wax. The ubeaut wax is great stuff and I also apply it to my metal planes, it keeps them rust free.

    To get paint off the woodies I have used fine steel wool very effectively.

    Lastly to flatten them up without a jointer is a bit of good old fashioned work using another plane , alternatively if you have a mate with a jointer get them to do it for you. PS if you opt to go the jointer be careful not to widen the mouth too much.

    Im sure Jake will have some more hints for you.

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    I do. I bought one from that market a while back.

    If you cut them up and put them on top of the coals in the Webber, they give a lovely smokey flavour to the beef.
    Gumby, I'm still deciding whether one of the planes is worth the trouble, but since I was really just looking for blades I reckon anything else is a bonus. I also picked up a metal plane with "No 4"on the nose, but behind the knob, and absolutely no other distinguishing features, so I've no idea what kind it is, and whether it's any good. Probably crap but I might just have a third blade to use to make a plane with.

    Not complaining for the 23 bucks the lot cost me.
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