Two yard sales= $6...

[steven c newman]

Went to several sales yesterday. Some where just a drive by....

One sale had a few items worth the effort to pick them up...
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Between these SAE wrenches on a ring, and
speeder bar.jpgThis speeder bar

1/2" drive, by MAC Tools. I spent a whopping...$2

Drove a bit, Boss shopped a bit. Errand to run, then back on the Hunt..

Had to take a round about way, orange barrels were blocking things...
Walked into the barn sale....BARN SALE!

Lots of...Mechanic's tools, and mainly at a dollar a wrench....But, wait, there is a few non wrenches laying about, still on the $1 each trailer..
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All three are Stanleys. 1" and a couple 3/4" ones....next to these was a plane looking thing...
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A Stanley, Made in England, SB4....Soooo, for this sale? $4 Grand Total for the day was $6. There was two handsaws, and a plastic mitrebox there...None of the three was worth the $5 they wanted.

Took the Treasures to the Rehab Center. Chisels weren't that bad to do...
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Backs are flat, new edges ground, and sharpened up. As for that Plane..
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Sole was in bad need of work. Iron needed to be flattened. Iron was badly chewed up.
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finally was able to get a few oak shavings....Got to checking this new plane out...something look very firmiliar..
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Just like my #3 sized Windsor #33 Scrub plane.... kept working on the iron a bit more....was a hair out of square to the edge, and a camber, to boot. Ground a better edge, scary sharped to 2K grit, and tried it out again..

[steven c newman]

So...how did this edge turn out?
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Not too hateful. The bevel on that edge was a round-over thing. Middle of the bevel was hitting the wood, instead of the edge, got that flattened out. back is flat and polished. Still has a slight camber at the corners
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But seems to work decently...for a $1 plane. As for them wrenches?
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Got the rust off, well, I might go back and clean the ring.

The speed bar? 95% of the chrome plating is gone. Knob spins nice, ball keeper works. Wonder IF I can return it to MAC Tools?

[Daniel Rode]

I have a set of black-handled Stanley butt chisels that look like yours. I don't use them often but they're handy for getting into tight spaces. They're stout and solid.