Great restoration! That blade looks pretty sharp! Not only does it cut well, but I really like the two-tone look of this hand plane. The japanning really makes the plain steel stand out.👍
You have taken a plane that looked like 2 miles of bad road and really did a nice rebuild on it. Sweet I really like the wooden knob. Nicely done. I might have to try the Japanning in a Can, too. Looks great. Thanks! 👍👍
Wow made them for about 85 years, just think how many they must've made over all those years..............Got the Super Clean yesterday, I've been on a cleaning spree and already used over half of it.........I'm quite impressed and I'm gonna get the gallon jug when I run out...........For as powerful as it is it's nice that it doesn't have a strong odor.
Which do you prefer: “Thanks my Tar Heal friend!” Or “I appreciate the nice words my Wolf Pack friend!” ? Either way thanks for the excellent comment .
@@RestorationbyAlabamaCreeks :) Actually, I'm a transplant to the Carolinas, and live just south of the North Carolina border in SC. So I guess if I had to choose, I'm closest to Gamecock land, University of South Carolina. :)
A hell of as lot of work and a terrific result. I have a Fulton block plane that was sold by Sears in the early 1900's but it is not as nice as your Stanley item.
@@RestorationbyAlabamaCreeks I showed then Fulton plane in this video along with other items. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IzaJcWpFjNg.html
Excellent work! Are you happy with the Japanning product? Does it seem to be pretty close to old Japanning? I might have to give it a try on one of my plane restorations in the future. I have a couple that the old Japanning is just too far gone to bother saving.
I soak my painted and Japaned parts in a chemical degreaser for about 12 hours and everything washes off. At most I might scrub with a toothbrush. Very easy.
Excellent job! When the Japanning was “baking,” did it smell pretty bad or was it pretty tolerable? Thinking about giving it a try myself. Thanks for showing the way.
I had my little stove in my garage and opened the garage door a few times just to vent. It is a noticeable odor but certainly not “bad” or sickening. It did not linger as the next day there was not trace of the smell. Please go the A Plane Life website. Find the links to Japanning. Download the PDFs with detailed info on Japanning techniques.
Not a lot of detailed dating info on the 220 as far as I know. As cute (and handy) as they are 220 block planes just don’t get as much respect as their big brothers.
@@RestorationbyAlabamaCreeks Well I bought it to restore and use, not to collect. I was just curious. Speaking of ... I originally planned to spray paint it once I got all the rust off, but does it make more sense to japan it even if I'm not worried about collectability or value?
Make it easy, and much cheaper on yourself by simply painting your 220. I wanted to learn the Japanning process. And my Japanning results were not spectacular to say the least. My first two plane restorations (a Stanley No 6 and a No 5) I used spray paint from a rattle can and was very pleased. I have video on those other two. Hope this helps.
@@davidozab2753 have a non vintage Bailey No 5 Type 20 manufactured: 1962-1967 video dropping Saturday morning. It’s a low value plane but I wanted to save it anyway. It is rough, not sure I can salvage the iron as it’s badly pitted. Hope you have subscribed to my channel.
