Sold. In this video I do a complete restoration of a highly collectable Stanley No. 1 plane. This is a real beauty that was made in 1921- 1922. I will be listing it on eBay in early March 2017.
That came out beautifully. I can’t believe it was painted 6 times. Once is bad enough! You did a fantastic job getting it back to original. So much better than the painted version.
Hello Keith, Thank you for having the Passion and Patience to preserve the hand tools that built America. I appreciate your attention to detail. Absolutely an Awesome Restoration on this Stanley #1. God Bless 🙏❤️🙏
I was watching this resto with my family and If you hadn't tested it out at the end, I would've had a full blown riot on my hands. Great video. 5 Stars
After you tried it out at the end and left it balanced on that piece of wood unattended , I held my breath until you had it in your hands again . Very nice work .
You have done a great job on the No 1 and your video is excellent. It is sad that anyone would mark it down, but that says more about them than you. Really enjoyed.
Plane Collector : I speak as a 68 year old time served cabinet maker who as a Baptist minister spend my time in the workshop when I am not preaching . I have my grandfathers and my dad’s as well as my own tools, and if they were around they too would say : “excellent”. Every bless to you.
The No. 1 was likely a trainer for much younger hands than ours. Back in those days, children as young as 6 or 7 would still enter apprenticeships. Especially if their dad had died. Someone had to jump in and find work to help support the family. Later on, they were likely school shop class items up until WWII when as a less useful tool to the adult craftsman they were likely melted down for the war effort. This was one of my favorite restorations I've seen of your so far. It's just about neck-and-neck with the adjustable circular plane/s. That paint sure worked as a preservative, didn't it?
I never get bored of watching plane restorations. I'm constantly looking for new videos on RU-vid. This may be the finest work I have seen. Absolutely beautiful. I would have liked to have seen some closeups on the paste work on the knob and tote. Not to be critical of, it but I'm curious just how noticeable a repair like that is.
I have just begun to restore some old planes in my retirement. Watching you was amazing. What beautiful work. May I ask what the process was that you used to remove everything back to bare metal? It looks beautiful. They use sand blasting here in Australia but it is a little "rough" and yours looks so much better.
I love that paint job l, should have left the blue. That way you can tell the difference between the no 1 and the larger sizes right? Red no2, pink no 3, purple no 4
that is one beautiful little plane. I picked up a Stanley no.8c sweetheart, a no.6 smooth bottom sweetheart, a no.5c and a no.78 all for $90 all are great shape except the no.5c the sole has been repaired, not very well tho, patent date Aug 1910, any idea where I can find a replacement. thanks Doug
That's the best looking No. 1 I've seen. Now I know what Santa's elves use to make toys with. Amazing restoration. What kind of glue did you mix the rosewood dust with to make that great repair? Thanks for sharing this Keith.
I will one day get the 1 and the 7 n 8 Stanley planes then got the planes lol, I would say the 1 plane was like a block plane lol, thank you, good review also good how I explained it, stripper in work shop where?, lol
That's a beautiful little plane . I've been a woodworker for a living , for 24 years and had no time for old hand tools . Recently , someone gave me some of my Grandfathers old hand tools to me . I have started restorations , and bought a few more pieces , I'm excited to have a new opinion of hand tools . You have done an awesome job on that plane !!!!! I have a couple questions , if I may . How does one reproduce a sticker , and what kind of paint did you use . If you've not heard of him , check out Mr Chickadee on utube , pretty amazing , I wonder if I can do half as good as him . Thanks for your time , Cyril
Brand new subscriber. Excellent, excellent job on that little beauty. I would be super interested in learning more about your finishing process. I just completed my first vintage machine restoration with a 1964 Craftsman bench grinder. My next restoration will be my vintage No. 4 Stanley, that needs a complete restoration, as you did on this No. 1. All the other japanning techniques are less than impressive. Please share!!!
I've heard speculation that the No.1 was designed as a plane for children to learn with. This could be nonsense of course, but I can quite easily envisage a youngster having this in their little tool kit and painting it with all of those ridiculous colours. Just a thought!
I believe originally they were made as stanley was sort of copying and pasting every size of wooden plane when making their lineup of metal planes. Whilst kinda useless for a normal sized person they were still in production for use in workshops teaching children woodworking and similarly stopped being made after such schools/ teachings fell out of practice. This could also explain the paint maybe a child thought it looked nice?
