As I've been really getting into woodworking more and more I've been working on adding to my tools as finances and my wife allow. As I've been doing so, I've even been adding a few hand tools to my small, but growing collection of tools.
Today I finished putting another hand plane back into service. It's a Sargent #414 (equivalent to a Stanley #5) that I picked up at an antiques store in Fargo for $15. This gives me three currently usable planes: a Stanley #110, a Stanley #4, and this Sargent #414. Also in one of the pictures is a Stanley #5 that I picked up at the same antiques store for $10. I am planning on putting that one back into service too. However, first I need to make a tote and acquire the hardware to attach the tote. I chose to tackle the Sargent first since I'm still new to hand tools and to putting them back into service and it didn't require a ton of work, thus easing me into it. It's not perfect, but it's a user, not a show piece.
The next couple planes I'd like to add to my collection are a low angle block plane and a #7 or #8. I'd also really like to get some handsaws since I don't really have any yet that are worth using.
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With only a little experience in using hand planes in the last few months I will say that I've got a LONG ways to go before I'm any good at using them, but I'm trying and will (hopefully) get there someday.
I've also come to realize that I really need to get myself a good workbench - one that will properly hold the piece I'm working on and one with enough weight to keep it from sliding across the floor. Am hoping to find a good deal on lumber to build a workbench sometime later this year. I found a steal on Craigslist on a great deal of 8/4 ash and red oak earlier this year, but I had just bought my table saw, so it definitely wasn't in the works for me at that time.
Today I finished putting another hand plane back into service. It's a Sargent #414 (equivalent to a Stanley #5) that I picked up at an antiques store in Fargo for $15. This gives me three currently usable planes: a Stanley #110, a Stanley #4, and this Sargent #414. Also in one of the pictures is a Stanley #5 that I picked up at the same antiques store for $10. I am planning on putting that one back into service too. However, first I need to make a tote and acquire the hardware to attach the tote. I chose to tackle the Sargent first since I'm still new to hand tools and to putting them back into service and it didn't require a ton of work, thus easing me into it. It's not perfect, but it's a user, not a show piece.
The next couple planes I'd like to add to my collection are a low angle block plane and a #7 or #8. I'd also really like to get some handsaws since I don't really have any yet that are worth using.
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With only a little experience in using hand planes in the last few months I will say that I've got a LONG ways to go before I'm any good at using them, but I'm trying and will (hopefully) get there someday.
I've also come to realize that I really need to get myself a good workbench - one that will properly hold the piece I'm working on and one with enough weight to keep it from sliding across the floor. Am hoping to find a good deal on lumber to build a workbench sometime later this year. I found a steal on Craigslist on a great deal of 8/4 ash and red oak earlier this year, but I had just bought my table saw, so it definitely wasn't in the works for me at that time.
