You are a bad man sir. I spent a couple of hours today stripping apart a no. 6 Bailey and truing the sole. Both handles need stripping and refinishing, the paint needs sorting and the iron reprofiling. Its a well used plane and the wood handles indicate a good few decades of age, but I think it can be brought back to life. Not handled a no 6 before. Its a serious sized bit of kit huh?
Bad man? I aim to please
I've not used mine yet, used my 5 1/2 many many times though as its my to go handplane.
My 6 could do with replacement tote and knob as the ones on it are about knackered. Plus I will be having one of those Veritas irons when I get a bit of spare cash.
That might be a while now as my rattle gun (Hitachi cordless impact screwdriver) is on the blink and I could do with a new one.
Recently I got given a fair heap of old tools by a customer after her father died, she wanted someone to take them who would use and look after them and seemingly I fit the bill.
Mostly Marples woodworking tools and in quite good condition as the old guy must have looked after them well.
I borrowed a mates Tormek wet grinder to touch them up, that's a serious bit of kit (that I'm glad I didn't pay for) and on the chisels less than an inch wide I reckon it took longer to set them up on the grinding jig than to grind them to an edge. Still need a bit of a hone but what a machine.
I turned up at her (the mates) house with about twenty chisels and I only expected to do five or so, was that good I did the lot.
And two plane irons.