Some cool planes here for the collectors and users! Range of Edwin Hahn, Union x4, x5, some Stanley type 2 bench planes, Stanley 13 type 2s, Evan’s patent compass plane.
Check out the pics and let me know if you see anything you like! I’ll get to posting them for sale soon individually
As always, pickup or ships from Raleigh NC
I have a steady selection of restored and user-ready vintage Stanley bench planes available and can usually match you with the size you’re looking for.
Typical pricing (varies based on type and condition):
No. 3 – around $65
No. 4 / No. 5 – around $75
No. 6 – around $100
No. 7 – around $135
No. 8 – around $155
All planes are cleaned, tuned, sharpened, and ready to go to work unless otherwise noted. I also regularly have BedRocks, specialty planes, and other vintage hand tools available.
Shipping available anywhere in the U.S from Raleigh NC. It’ll be ready to use out of the box!! Message me with what you’re looking for, and I’ll send photos of current inventory.
I restore and tune hand planes for sale and figured I’d share my process, which took a lot of failed attempts to nail down! I’ve got it down to about 15-45 minutes per plane depending on how bad it is. Below is what I use to get it back to user quality, not over polish.
Derust and clean - I use evaporust if it’s overly rusty, but most of the time it’s simple green. Green scotch bright and dremel brass cap and scotch brite attachments are the most aggressive I go. That way I don’t remove any iron or hurt the japanning
Paint the bed - most of the time I don’t, only if japanning is completely gone. Then I use mineral spirits, I’ll sand it down to prep, and then hit it with engine enamel, followed by paste wax
blade - CBN wheel to grind a 25 degree bevel, followed by a worksharp 3000 for polishing up to 8k with a micro bevel.
tuning - fitting the chip breaker is fastest with a burnisher - turn a burr on the CB to act like a spring to the blade. Too much time lost trying to match a CB to a blade when both may be not flat. Most of the time I don’t need to sand down the frog mating surfaces, but if I do, I do it on a granite backsplash with 120 grit sandpaper
flattening - here’s where most folks might benefit. I start with an orbital sander on 80 grit to get the grime off, 1 min max. Take it to the granite backsplash with 120 grit to see where the high spots are. Back to the orbital sander to knock down the high spots then back to granite until I’ve got a flat surface. Then sand it up to 400 grit
final assembly - wax everything and oil the moving parts.
I love the process as it’s productive and satisfying. Doing two at a time speeds things up a lot too. (Can’t do more than 3 in my tiny shop).
Let me know if you have any questions, or want to purchase a plane!!!
Another cool pickup from a collector. Most of this is in great shape! Main focus here is pre-Stanley metal planes (Metal Plane Company, Birmingham Mosher Patent, Chaplin, Victor Bailey, etc) but for sure there are plenty of other goodies. Shoot me a message if you find anything you’re interested in!
Ships from Raleigh NC, and I accept PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, hell even a check!
Wanted to give dibs to this community before I start posting them individually! Plenty of bench planes as always, but lots of drawknives and specialty planes this time as well. If you see something you like drop me a message!!