As the squirrel games are on hold till after Christmas, thought I’d show y’all this one.
A good friend who was a wood shop teacher at a local high school for 30 years gave me two old hand planes.
Stanley No. 5 Jack planes. Actually he gave me one and I asked if I could restore another for him. He had a dozen assorted planes that the school was going to toss in the dumpster. Sad !
So I’m going to do an in depth restoration on them. Right up my ally after my experience restoring firearms at the gun shop.
Took one apart when I got home to assess the conditions.
I think they’ll come out looking great. I love doing this kind of thing.
He will most likely put his on the wall. I’ll use mine. I will probably ask for another to restore for my son. They sit on a shelf in his shop and he offered me all of them.
He owned a cabinet shop and I did many turned projects for him. In return he sent me many pieces of beautiful wood for turning. A really good relationship.
A nice guy who taught woodshop to thousands of kids.
