I just finished restoring a Bedrock 608 yesterday and wanted to post some pics. Unfortunately I did not take pictures before the restoration. I bought this plane a few years ago on ebay and finally found sometime to restore. The japanning looked to be about 85% complete but after I soaked the plane in some Evaporust the truth appeared. After the soaking it had about 20% of the japanning remaining so I decided to remove the rest using a eco friendly paint removing gel from HD. To be honest I was really surprised on how well it worked on removing the rest of the jappaning. After I finished cleaning it up I took it to work with me and had one of the guys grind it flat, when he ran an indicator before grinding it he found the sole was flat within 0.008" , not bad for a plane that is at least 80 years old. He went ahead and ground the sole flat within 0.001". I'm figuring with a casting this old it should remain flat for the rest of it's useful life. When I got home I ran a sandflex medium block over the mating bed of the body and both mating surfaces on the frog giving it a nice polish. After this was complete I did a final cleaning and applied 4 coats of Tremclad flat black and polished up the brass pcs. I was not to crazy with the original knob and decided to get a tote and knob set from Bill Rittner, I did this over a month ago in anticipation of the restoration. The set turned out beautiful and was a definite improvement for me in ergonomics compared to the original set. Also in anticipation I ordered a Hock O1 replacement blade and corresponding chip-breaker. Below are the pictures of the results, as you will see in the pictures I placed it next to my LN #8 (Grandfather & Grandson).
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Originally Posted by george wilson
