never have seen a plane iron with that much wear... that was a working man's plane. nice vid... the photography (focus, lighting etc) and production values are excellent. great job

I was so absorbed in your technique, I didn't even hear the piano until you mentioned it. Just the sounds of your house. I really dig that.

Excellent

Hello, This is à very good job, congratulations. God bless you.

You are right, i cannot describe that feeling when you bring to life another tool.. regards.

Very nice. Not only is it giving new life to this old tool, but these old tools are much better tools than you can get today so you wind up with a very nice tool for your shop.

Amusingly, as you mentioned your wife teaching piano, I heard piano (Starwars theme) and thought 'wow! your wife is teaching someone the same tune that my son is learning...!' - Then I realised it was my son hahaha... Great video, I've just found a No. 78 in the deep dark corners of a shed I bought. Excited to clean it up - wish I had a sandblaster! Cheers

Cleaned up real nice, good for another 100 years. Thanks.

I restored one of these a few weeks ago and it was a nightmare by hand ,not as old as yours but complete, I Great tip is to use a wooden chopstick to clear the cutting iron as they block very fast during use. Using a screwdriver or similar runs the risk of nicking the cutting edge. Great restoration.

Meanwhile, inside your house, your wife is tell her students "every once in a while you're going to hear an air compressor or a bench grinder. It's just the sounds of our house." Great stuff as always.

I have one of this type of plane complete, recently given to me. Never used however about 20 yrs old I say. Until watching your restoration I never gave it any thought. The paint, clear coat and finishing Stanley recently put on these made them look cheap. Soon I'll pull it out and refinish it to make it look better and feel better in the hand. Thanks, great work.

I'm super jealous of the sandblasting cabinet my friend. Now you just need to break out the copper paint and detail the lettering on that plane and we'll have the "Old Shove"l Finishing Touch. Good to see you back bringing those old tools to life. -Will

Fantastic looks great thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👊

Great job mate, I've got one in real bad shape, am now inspired to have a go

i love this man he is very wholesome

So happy to see you uploading again, this and the last one on the canoe, great content as always.

Wonderful job.

Beautiful work.

I rarely do any project without using my 78 at some point, the best £7 I ever spent and it came requiring no work at all. I really like the idea of painting a Stanley as a Record. Kai W used to use cameras with the wrong strap, so he’d have a Nikon strap on a Canon and visa versa, it’s the same way of playing with people heads. I’d keep an eye for a depth fence, it’s useful for not just getting the right depth but to guarantee it’s all level. It never reaches depth at the same time across your work and you’ll get a couple of passes with the fence where you’ll take just little bits of different areas. Congrats on the new gear, I know it’s going to be useful for you. A very enjoyable video.

Great job. The blast cabinet made really quick work of the rust removal!

As always a nice job....I enjoy the piano. Nice and soothing. For me I vote yes. Reminds me of Windham hill, when I lived in an Gambrell home along the Hudson River. Thank you.

Great job, looks like new.From the look of the sole after sandblasting I would think that plane was never used much. Great buy.

Good morning man it’s currently 6:27am for me I have work this morning so this was great to watch while getting ready.

Nicely done!

A nice restoration. Well done. I have restored some Stanley-Bailey bench planes which were in much worse condition. I am glad the screws came out without stripping. Likely BS Whitworth thread if they had to be replaced. Not easy to find other than Stanley selling them as a high priced spare set. I had to get such a set for earlier restorations before I got my metal lathe, so I can now machine Whitworth hardware. I like the blue and copper contrast. The plane can also be used as a shoulder plane to clean up the cheeks and shoulders of tenons. Dave.

Congrats on the new additions to your restorations. The sand blaster does a great job. The restoration came out very nice 👍. Ciao.

I'm in love. Best video to date. That white background really shows off the piece!

Very nice!

..not too bad for an old plane, good resto..

Great job man!! I may have an extra depth stop I can send ya! Let me look through my parts and I will get back with ya!

I have almost that same plane taken apart in the garage. I need a good bench mounted belt sander because of how bad the pitting is

If you were planning on restoring some more hand planes, look up J wrights video on diy japanning paint. Closest formula to original black paint found on vintage tools. Nice vid!

I like this kind of stuff, tools 🛠 restoration,,, etc, wish if i have place for this kind of projects

Beautiful restoration! The contrast in the raw steel and paint really does give it an original look!

That star shaped object on the side of the plane that you removed is called a "Nicker" . Well it is in the UK great restoration vid. Thanks

Hi bro 👋👋👋very good restoration 👍👍👍and video cool 🤝🤝🤝

Nice work on the tool, new to your link looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Turned out great too bad it is missing the fence and depth stop. I like the color. On mine I sharpened that little nicking blade a as it helps reduce tear out when cutting a rabbit.

Excellent job! A few months ago I happened to come across a Sargent model 187 rabbet plane and did a restore on it. I also used a sand blaster and it came out beautiful (Although I did not polish up the unpainted areas - might have to go back and do that now that I've seen yours). I took some before, during, and after pictures but did not do any video of it.

Nicely done. These are good planes, especially the older ones. Typically it is cheaper to buy one with all the parts than try to put them all together afterward. I have about 6 of these from various makers and only have two complete. There is a seller on eBay who makes reproduction parts, but again cheaper to buy as a complete set. With the blade, you almost have no useable length left. Not trying to be negative, just honest with this blade. Keep an eye out for a full-length blade to extend the life of the tool. To advance the blade forward you would lightly tap the round end. To square it up with the mouth /sides of the plane, you would tap on the sides near the top. The round part of the blade sits just below the "lever cap" so it makes it difficult to adjust at this point. I'm a sucker for these old planes and trying to bring them back to life. I have a wooden plane most people would have junked that turned out to be a decent user once I was finished. You learned a lot about restoring the plane and you will learn much more as you keep moving forward with these restorations. Keep up the good work!

no way you have only 22.2K subs your video better then kids shit keep it up

Nice job. Folks like you always make the work look so easy.... which we all know is not easy, but it is doable. Did you address the missing fences? Or just using as is.

If you go to HAND TOOL RESCUES channel he just put up a recipe for "Japanning fluid"..for use on hand planes and other tools

Why do people seem to prefer the 78 over the 181? I found an old 181 at an antique store and while researching online I found a little on the 181 but much more info on the 78. My plane is cool too. Right? They look the same

nice video wondering what sand blaster gear your using any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated

My mom was a piano teacher. She tried to teach me but it wasn't my cup of tea.

nice job. This is a rabbet plane, for mking rabbet joints. Can also be used to make other kinds of joints like dado joints if you want one that is no narrower than it is. Now, for anyone that doesn't know better, never ever ever never no time no how set the plane down on the blade side, seems like it's the natural thing to do, but don't. lay it down, and if you don't plan on using it, withdraw the blade so if somebody comes along and sets it on it's face, the blade won't get damaged or dulled. Every time I go into a thrift or the like and see them setting on the blade face, I want to punch somebody. for doing it. I think this could use some fancying up. I'd rather have seen the background black, but no shame in using what you've got. You could take a small flat block and sand the Stanley letters and numbers, just shining up the face of them, leaving the sides and background painted. That would go a long way toward fancying it up. Also the face could be polished to a higher level. Lets face it, nobody is really going to use it as a workaday tool any more, so being a bit fancier won't hurt. You maybe should have plated this one. Nickel plate would be appropriate.

Great job haven't seen your channel in a bit but I'm still loving your work. Did you ever do a cooper screw driver set.

You should show before and after shots at the end of the videos.

Done a good job in cleaning it up as in the parts missing why don’t you contact Stanley tools limited as they normally have spare parts for tools as my yankee screwdriver needed some spare parts and I got them from the factory shop okay mate.

Is the blue the original colour or just what you had around. It looks good either way!

What did you put on the raw metal to protect it where it wasn't painted?

No estoy seguro que el color original sea azul. Tengo otro un poco más reciente y es negro.

Awesome video but i think the backroundmusic was a bit too loud at the beginning

Too pretty to use. I would just put it on display in a special shop section of my prized vintage tools.

...If it looked brand new it would have japanning on all the the parts you painted blue. It looks better without all the rust but you destroyed what good japanning was left on 2 parts that were easy to de-rust by hand. ;(

Its not a hand plane its a rabbet plane. It wil do a very bad job on normal planing. its not intend to do that. Original Stanley black would be a nicer color in mine opinion for the rabbet plane.Sandblasting machined parts is not a good idea.

the blue and the bronze painting is terribble for me , this plane must be black sorry , but the restoration is perfect