bob blakeborough
07-18-2011, 7:06 PM
Hey everyone,
Found this old Baily No.4 at a local flea market/antique mall today, and it seemed pretty decent for $25.00 so I grabbed it. I only grabbed a few quick cell phone pics but everything seems good. It has a corrugated bottom, the mouth is in great shape, the wood is nice, and after taking it apart, it looks like it hasn't been apart in 50 years as there is still old shavings still in all the nooks and crannies. All the screws etc were locked up a bit but it took very little to free everything, except for one which bent slightly trying to remove it, but did succeed and I am hoping I can get away with using it or finding a replacement...
Anyways, this is my first attempt at restoring an old plane and was hoping I could squeak a little advice on how best to proceed from all you folks who have experience in doing this... Let me know what you all think!
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3180/no42.jpg
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1169/no41.jpg
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7383/no4z.jpg
Found this old Baily No.4 at a local flea market/antique mall today, and it seemed pretty decent for $25.00 so I grabbed it. I only grabbed a few quick cell phone pics but everything seems good. It has a corrugated bottom, the mouth is in great shape, the wood is nice, and after taking it apart, it looks like it hasn't been apart in 50 years as there is still old shavings still in all the nooks and crannies. All the screws etc were locked up a bit but it took very little to free everything, except for one which bent slightly trying to remove it, but did succeed and I am hoping I can get away with using it or finding a replacement...
Anyways, this is my first attempt at restoring an old plane and was hoping I could squeak a little advice on how best to proceed from all you folks who have experience in doing this... Let me know what you all think!
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3180/no42.jpg
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1169/no41.jpg
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7383/no4z.jpg