Restoration - Stanley 60 1/2 Block Plane + 1 yr of videos
Christoph Jones (Christoph Jones)
4,959 views
Well, we did it. I stuck with making these restoration videos for a year. I'm surprised too. Decided to try a new type of intro and outro.
Thanks to the Too's for allowing me to use their music.
10 Comments
@Youzack1 5 years ago Pinned
Outstanding job bud... if you don’t like it, you could always send it to me😁
@bobthebuilder6315 5 years ago
Maybe it's because you put the blade in upside down the grooves facing down and when you flatten the sole leave all of the plane together with the blade raised up from the bed, other wise it will leave a dimple in the sole. When everything is clamped together it will ( flex) the plane a little bit. Still a nice job
@borp6912 5 years ago
Find the old Stanley's with a brass cap, and Stanley logo inside of a box with "Made in USA" below the logo printed on the blade. Those are the last good Stanley's, which were made until ten or so years after WWII, then they started lowering the quality in the 50s-60s. Your 9 1/4 appears to fall in the good era of Stanleys, and probably has much better tool steel and overall fit and finish than the later era 60 1/2 you found. Of course, anything made before WWII is great as well, but they're also more collectable.
@tungsten_carbide 5 years ago (edited)
Even though this is a later one this was a total steal at two bucks! Nice job on the restoration. You had good bones to work from, which is always nice :-)
I get why you just like your older plane more, even if the results were equivalent. Lots of us reach for old friends on the bench even if there's something else that's materially better in some way within easy reach; I'm like this a lot with my chisels, love to use some of my favourite early restorations over others I know are waaay better.
Anyway, I think I can offer an insight into why you're not getting equivalent results. Block planes are bevel-up planes. Because the bevel faces upwards its angle and the angle the blade's held at are added together, becoming the 'presentation angle' or 'angle of attack'. So with the same bevel of e.g. 25° the 60 1/2 and 9 1/4 won't work the same on the same wood, because a higher-angle plane tends to give less tearout when the grain gets the least bit squirrelly. If that's a word.
I get why you just like your older plane more, even if the results were equivalent. Lots of us reach for old friends on the bench even if there's something else that's materially better in some way within easy reach; I'm like this a lot with my chisels, love to use some of my favourite early restorations over others I know are waaay better.
Anyway, I think I can offer an insight into why you're not getting equivalent results. Block planes are bevel-up planes. Because the bevel faces upwards its angle and the angle the blade's held at are added together, becoming the 'presentation angle' or 'angle of attack'. So with the same bevel of e.g. 25° the 60 1/2 and 9 1/4 won't work the same on the same wood, because a higher-angle plane tends to give less tearout when the grain gets the least bit squirrelly. If that's a word.
@stormkhan4250 2 years ago
A possible reason you prefer the 9 1/4 is I think it's a standard block plane while the 60 1/2 is a low angle. It might have a lower profile making it different or more awkward to hold? Just a thought.
Restoration - Stanley 60 1/2 Block Plane + 1 yr of videos
Christoph Jones (Christoph Jones)
4,959 views
Well, we did it. I stuck with making these restoration videos for a year. I'm surprised too. Decided to try a new type of intro and outro.
Thanks to the Too's for allowing me to use their music.