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That $300 'vintage' hand plane was a complete money pit
I picked up a Stanley No. 4 from an antique shop in Portland thinking it was a steal. Turns out the sole was warped, the chip breaker was cracked, and it took me four hours of lapping and filing before I realized I couldn't fix the rust pits near the mouth. Has anyone else fallen for the idea that 'they don't make them like they used to' and ended up losing cash on a clunker?
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hannah_wells6d ago
Yeah I bought a "mint" Disston saw that turned out to be somebody's rusted fence post project.
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miasanchez5d ago
Man I've been there. @the_brian will probably get a kick out of this but I spent a whole weekend fixing up a "good user" saw that had more pitting than my grandpa's old truck bed. What finally worked for me was soaking the whole blade in Evapo-Rust for like 12 hours, then hitting it with a fine diamond stone on the rust spots before even touching the teeth. Took the edge off but at least it cut straight after that. Sometimes you just gotta accept you're not getting back what you paid for and make the best of a bad deal.
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pat_roberts552d ago
Yeah @miasanchez basically put it perfectly, that soak trick works but I used to swear by old tools until this plane changed my whole mind.
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