Scraper Project page one

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Interesting little project sent my way from one of my friends at Woodnet , T.J. Mahaffey , and one close to my heart. Scraper planes...gotta love 'em..no matter what shape they're in.

these all had good bones...solid castings, good wood, good mechanicals and with the exception of the hardest one to find (the 12 1/4) no pitting..more on that later

Real nice handle on the #12..good amount of japanning and solid as a rock

the hard to find 12 1/4 has pitting on the sides, sole, and bed, not much japanning and the wrong outer nut..what to do? Rare plane but not in this condition..total re-hab or just get it back into working order...???

You got to love these 112's, one of the best designed scraper plane and the easiest to use..good japanning..tote excellent, knob a little beat up and the inner adjusting nut frozen in place...

With a little work to just lightly clean, so I can see what else may be a problem, they're starting to look pretty good...toothbrush, scrubby pad and Greased Lightning cleaner tend to do a good job. Real good solid user planes.

now I can see where the problems may lie. The 12 and the 112 have more than adequate japanning, as I said, good solid bones....that little 12 1/4 though, it's in sad shape...

just a little more work, a good wood cleaning and a coat of polishing compound and wax for the 12 and 112, but a complete strip down for the 12 1/4

Next step...LINK