needed to check out a thrift store i found, as I needed some donor saws for hardware. I found a few saws, and bought a cheapo $2 backsaw, just for the bolts. Also on that shelf..... a $10 jack plane, rusty but user. On another shelf, a smaller rust bucket of a plane..... "How much for this one?" "$5" "Sold" Headed out to the woodshop, I had a saw handle project to do. Kept looking at that little plane, and thinking about going back and getting it's big brother. In amongst all the rust, and other nasty stuff. I saw the name "UNION". It was the size of a Stanley #3c! Maybe we could clean him up a bit....SDC12436.jpg "Hide the kids, Mabel! This is gonna get UGLY" SDC12437.jpgLet's see: Front Knob: Has a few splits. Rear tote: Cracked. Frog: has a piece near the top edge MIA. Rear tote bolt: Frozen in place. I took apart whatever would come off the base. I had a beltsander set up in the vise, and a wire brush in the drill press. Also found a can of "Carb Cleaner". Cleaned the bolts that came out with the CC and the brush. Chucked the split knob, I had a spare rosewood one. Tore apart the iron/breaker/cap group, and cleaned them up. After about two hours of eating rust, time to put things back together.SDC12441.jpgbottom after a wire brush cleaning, and a ride on the beltsanderSDC12442.jpgSDC12440.jpgSDC12439.jpgA $5 plane??? Ready to join the rest of the FamilySDC12449.jpg