…yes, a Stanley No.9 Cabinet Makers plane, sans ‘hot dog’ handle for now. I’ve not yet had the chance to empty all these more boxes to confirm it’s gone awol for sure. The pics I have so far don’t fill me with promise, but I’ve worked miracles on planes not far off this condition. If it’s rusted through on the bottom though, I’ll be gutted.
Update: Bad News. Halfway through cleaning the plane up, I noticed the back corner was coming loose as there seemed to be a fracture. Sure enough, the rear corner of the plane came away. No idea what I should do with this now. I think it would be possible to weld/braze, but beyond my skills. If anyone out there wants to make an offer on a fixer-upper, let me know, otherwise it might go on eBay.
PS, check out Colin Sullivan’s post about making his own.
One reply on “Calling from the graveyard…”
Dear Gary,
I would be interested in buying this from you as it stands, do you have the piece that has broken off?
You can see on my blog for the plane I did make another one first but not so faithful to the original?
And I would rather not brake it up for the base!
I have another plane I made from a Stanley sole, it is a copy of the 164 low angle plane, would you like to see that?
Colin.