All,
How about a little on-topic post? Bought an old plane last weekend in
need of some moderate clean-up. $12 so what the hell. It looks like the
second large plane from the top in this e-bay post
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2562729254&category=3
7908
In fact if you disassemble a bit you find the number "904" on it as
well as the made in USA and when I cleaned the iron it has "Hercules"
on it. Looks like the iron that should fit so I assume it's original.
Any info on this like date and such, value is, well, $12 since I plan
on cleaning it up, scary sharping and using it.
TIA
Allen
Catonsville, MD
In article <[email protected]>, martin <good
advice snipped.
Thanks guys I'll continue my research.
Allen
>
>
In article <[email protected]>, DexAZ
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry this is OT but could not resist given the subject line.
Sorry you posted a HUGE binary to a non-binary group.
My guess is you've just been added to quite a number of kill files. I
know of one for certain...
djb
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In article <[email protected]>, B a r r y B u
r k e J r . <[email protected]> wrote:
> Touchy, touchy!
>
> A guy posts ONE binary and gets kill filed?
What's it matter to you? (rhetorical question - no reply required)
djb
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There are no socks in my email address.
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In article <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> wrote:
> snip
> Allen Epps wrote:
> > In fact if you disassemble a bit you find the number "904" on it as
> > well as the made in USA and when I cleaned the iron it has "Hercules"
>
> Are you sure it doesn't say 409 on it? Sargent usually ends their
> numbers with the length of the plane. It should be about 9 inches long,
> which makes it the equivalent of a Stanley #4, the common smoother.
> Sargents are good planes although the blade angle adjuster on that one
> is folded metal rather than a casting. The Hercules line was positioned
> against the Defiance and Handyman lines from Stanley as I recall.
> O'Deen if you're out there, help please. At any rate, it's a perfectley
> usable plane, enjoy it. i've got a handful aof Sargents and they all
> are workhorses.
> Dave in Fairfax
Dave,
Excuse my mistake! That's what get for trying to remember a three digit
number from the basement to the confuser upstairs. You're right it's
actually a 409. I checked a few of the links Gary sent and it indeed
looks to be a smoothing plane similar to the Stanley number four. The
body and iron have now been cleaned up and look pretty good. Now for
the moving parts. It's been soaked in WD-40 then I used Naval Jelly to
reduce the rust film then some emery cloth seems to be going well.
Allen
In article <[email protected]>,
DexAZ <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sloppiness on my
> part, sorry.
No worries.
djb
--
There are no socks in my email address.
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
Sargent made the "hercules" series, as far as 904 dont know about that but
if the size of plane is like the pic looks like a smoothing plane.Have fun
with it.
--
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Jimi Hendrix
"Allen Epps" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:081020031840248741%[email protected]...
> All,
> How about a little on-topic post? Bought an old plane last weekend in
> need of some moderate clean-up. $12 so what the hell. It looks like the
> second large plane from the top in this e-bay post
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2562729254&category=3
> 7908
>
> In fact if you disassemble a bit you find the number "904" on it as
> well as the made in USA and when I cleaned the iron it has "Hercules"
> on it. Looks like the iron that should fit so I assume it's original.
> Any info on this like date and such, value is, well, $12 since I plan
> on cleaning it up, scary sharping and using it.
> TIA
> Allen
> Catonsville, MD
snip
Allen Epps wrote:
> In fact if you disassemble a bit you find the number "904" on it as
> well as the made in USA and when I cleaned the iron it has "Hercules"
Are you sure it doesn't say 409 on it? Sargent usually ends their
numbers with the length of the plane. It should be about 9 inches long,
which makes it the equivalent of a Stanley #4, the common smoother.
Sargents are good planes although the blade angle adjuster on that one
is folded metal rather than a casting. The Hercules line was positioned
against the Defiance and Handyman lines from Stanley as I recall.
O'Deen if you're out there, help please. At any rate, it's a perfectley
usable plane, enjoy it. i've got a handful aof Sargents and they all
are workhorses.
Dave in Fairfax
--
reply-to doesn't work
use:
daveldr at att dot net
DexAZ wrote:
> Dave,
>
> My apologies to you and the group. I should have posted the binary over on
> "binaries.pictures.woodworking" and then referred to it here. No harm was
> intended, just posting late in the PM after a long day. Sloppiness on my
> part, sorry. Thanks for pointing out my error, Dave. It will not happen
> again.
>
Mr. DexAz,
You are far more gracious than the situation warranted. A sense of
humor can have dire consequences and a simple mistake can get you 'kill
filed'.
Hank
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Allen Epps <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<081020031840248741%[email protected]>...
> All,
> How about a little on-topic post? Bought an old plane last weekend in
> need of some moderate clean-up. $12 so what the hell. It looks like the
> second large plane from the top in this e-bay post
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2562729254&category=3
> 7908
>
> In fact if you disassemble a bit you find the number "904" on it as
> well as the made in USA and when I cleaned the iron it has "Hercules"
> on it. Looks like the iron that should fit so I assume it's original.
> Any info on this like date and such, value is, well, $12 since I plan
> on cleaning it up, scary sharping and using it.
> TIA
> Allen
> Catonsville, MD
allen,
Good job...I love taking an old forgotten hand plane and bring it back
to life....I always wonder who has used this tool before me and how
did it get "lost"
I had a student bring in an old #5 that was her fathers....we took it
all apart and let it soak over night and after class each day we
worked on it. When we finished, it looked like a champ and cut curly
maple like cutting hot butter. It almost made my student cry having
her fathers hand plane now to work with. Good luck.
Mike from American Sycamore
You're entering very dangerous territory. About 2 weeks ago I bought a
Stanley #4 from a flea market. About 10 hours later I ended up with a
polished piece of artwork with a blade you could shave with. What's worse, I
don't want to actually use it, that would "mess it up".
Now I have two Stanley #5's on the way from two ebay "wins", one at $13 and
another at $10. I also have bids on Stanley #3's. I'm afraid it has become
very addictive.
Here are some of my links to plane tuning sites, some specific to Stanley
planes, but still may be of interest to you.
http://www.woodcentral.com/articles/metalplanetune.shtml
http://www.woodcentral.com/articles/japanning.shtml
http://www.yesterdaystools.com/tuninga1.htm
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/forumdisplay.php?s=1112ce80850d611b32aa8724d86ef1a5&forumid=4
http://host65.ipowerweb.com/~traditi2/forum/index.php
http://www.hyperkitten.com/tools/stanley_bench_plane/dating/index.html
http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan0.htm
http://www.geocities.com/plybench/plane.html
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/pages/wvt072_qtpop.asp
I used the Scary Sharp method with a Veritas honing guide and can't believe
the results.
Good luck to you!
Gary
"Allen Epps" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:081020031840248741%[email protected]...
> All,
> How about a little on-topic post? Bought an old plane last weekend in
> need of some moderate clean-up. $12 so what the hell. It looks like the
> second large plane from the top in this e-bay post
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2562729254&category=3
> 7908
>
> In fact if you disassemble a bit you find the number "904" on it as
> well as the made in USA and when I cleaned the iron it has "Hercules"
> on it. Looks like the iron that should fit so I assume it's original.
> Any info on this like date and such, value is, well, $12 since I plan
> on cleaning it up, scary sharping and using it.
> TIA
> Allen
> Catonsville, MD
>
Dave,
My apologies to you and the group. I should have posted the binary over on
"binaries.pictures.woodworking" and then referred to it here. No harm was
intended, just posting late in the PM after a long day. Sloppiness on my
part, sorry. Thanks for pointing out my error, Dave. It will not happen
again.
DexAZ
"Dave Balderstone" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:081020032310559777%[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, DexAZ
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Sorry this is OT but could not resist given the subject line.
>
> Sorry you posted a HUGE binary to a non-binary group.
>
> My guess is you've just been added to quite a number of kill files. I
> know of one for certain...
>
> djb
>
> --
> There are no socks in my email address.
>
> "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 05:10:55 GMT, Dave Balderstone
<[email protected]> wrote:
>My guess is you've just been added to quite a number of kill files. I
>know of one for certain...
Touchy, touchy!
A guy posts ONE binary and gets kill filed?
Barry