Antique Rusty Hand Plane - Restoration

In this video i’m restoring an antique Stanley hand plane. My friend has found this very old Stanley hand plane at the steel waste. When I saw it the first time at his place I wanted to restore it immediately, so I bought it for $10. This Stanley no. 122 hand plane was manufactured from 1877 until 1918, it’s at least 101 years old. This plane is from the „liberty bell“ series, they were first produced in 1876 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence (1776). That’s the reason why the liberty bell is imprinted on the lever cap. As I’m not a woodworker at all and I’ve never used a hand plane before in my life, I had to do a lot of research how this thing even works to understand the function of each part. It turned out that the iron and the backing iron were assembled wrongly and there was also one part missing, which holds both of these parts together. As the iron was an original Stanley part, it wasn’t the correct one for this plane. The bigger hole in the slot was on the wrong end, that’s why I made a new one. I tried to keep as many parts as possible original on this restoration. I only replaced two small screws, made the missing part and a new iron. I hope you like my work and the video. Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to: Noelle Sophy Matthew Holcomb Afreeflyingsoul Adel AlSaffar Alan Hanson Amanda Taylor, Esq Andreswara Hermawan Andrew Phillips Courtney Maleport Dan Williams Gregory Jonas Richartz LVE Mellissa Marcus Paul Ambry Paul Mampilly Trevor Kam TRG Restoration Vince Valenti Zachary Grimes Timestamps: 00:00 preview 00:37 disassembling 02:08 showing all the parts 02:24 cleaning the parts with the parts washer 02:40 removing the old paint with paint stripper 03:13 soaking the parts in rust remover 03:28 washing the wooden parts with warm soapy water 03:47 showing the cleaned parts 03:55 restoring the wooden body 05:59 removing the stuck thread 06:27 restoring the cast body 06:53 restoring the lever cap 07:06 restoring the lever 07:30 restoring the lever cap screw 07:47 sandblasting 09:01 applying filler 09:29 applying two component primer 09:42 applying two component black coat 10:05 restoring the shaft with slot 10:39 restoring the pin from the lever 11:00 making a new iron on the milling machine 12:22 hardening and tempering the iron 13:30 restoring the backing iron 14:02 restoring the depth adjuster part 14:29 restoring the nut 14:53 making the missing part on the lathe 15:51 making the three small parts black 16:10 restoring the wooden knob 17:05 restoring the big screw from the wooden knob 17:27 replacing the two small screws 17:54 showing all the parts before reassembling 18:12 reassembling 20:16 showing the finished restoration 21:17 final test Time and costs of this restoration: I was working on this project for 2.5 weeks $10 hand plane $40 painting (primer and black coat) $5 steel for the iron $1 two small screws My camera: Panasonic HC-V180 If you have any questions about the process, machines i’m using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible. Sorry for my bad english, it’s not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english. Subscribe for more of my content. I’m uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-) my mechanics T-Shirts: My Patreon Page: