1879 Compass Plane [Restoration]
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 Published On Jan 20, 2022

This restoration is on a Type 1 Stanley No. 113 compass plane patented in 1879. You can view the original patent documents here:https://patents.google.com/patent/US2...

The Type 1 planes of the No. 113 were made from 1877-1880 and allowed users to plane curved wooden surfaces.

This specific plane was sent to me by a viewer.

I wanted to restore this plane as close to original as possible so I opted to japan the main body and nickel-plate the knobs. Unfortunately, you must drill out a specific pin located under the sole adjustment knob in order to fully remove it from the body of the plane. Other than that one pin, everything else was de-rusted and cleaned for reassembly.

With the blade sharpened, it preformed very well and was a lot of fun to use.

I really miss restoring hand planes as that is what got me so hooked on doing restorations in the first place.

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