Jim Davey Planes & Sharpening - Restoration

Two little Beauties, Stanley #2C Sweetheart from the late 1920's and Stanley Bedrock #602C from about 1915, both with all original parts - cleanup jobs for Stuart Minuskin, Tool Dealer from Caloundra, Qld, Aus..

Starting with the #602:
Disassemble, clean, remove paint spatters, a light sanding with worn paper and then rust preventative with G-15. The light sanding is always done "along the grain", meaning in the same direction as the original machining marks with worn paper so as to remove the gunge without cutting the metal and leaving unsightly sanding marks - always by hand so I am in control, never by power.

The Tote had a previous repair with bad alignment of the two pieces:

Break it apart and soak in Metho to remove the old glue. Most of the time Metho does the trick but not in this case - had to upgrade to Thinners. Remove all the old glue with a needle point and small wire brush taking care not to damage the edges although this old break already had damaged edges.

Stanley #2 Knobs in good condition are rare so worth trying to repair - even a badly damaged one like this:

Cut the top off another damaged knob of similar colour, trim both faces and glue - I prefer good quality Instant CA glue (Superglue).
Drill a new hole in the base and onto the lathe to turn the shape. A very slight difference in the colour (new base is a little darker than the top) so I may touch up with walnut stain to blend the two colours together - using a spirit-based stain and small artist's brush.

Even though the Lever Cap Spring could have benefited from some extra set, I decided to leave it - it works and I didn't want to risk breaking a valuable part while popping the pin.

Finished Knob and Tote:
A coat of shellac, cut and wax.

Finished. Before and After Pic.s

Stanley #2C:

This Plane from the late 1920's has Frog Screw Washers stamped from reject Tri-Squares - Stanley were well into recycling. The Washer on the right has graduations stamped in it - what makes this even rarer is that the graduations are Metric.

To Be Continued....