The #7 Bailey and a Picnic Table

I had to build a picnic table for a customer. A couple of things have happened.

#1 I blew up my miter saw last weekend, so the job became instantly more difficult.

#2 I still don't have a thickness planer.

I used the circular saw for the cross cuts and my #7 Bailey for leveling out the boards on the top of the table.


The #7 was properly tuned and very sharp. I needed every bit of sharpness.





Hand planing a 6 1/2 foot picnic table is/was quite a workout.

So a shower and 4 Advil later, I am done in the shop for the day.

Bedrock 605 Post Cleaning & Tuning

I just finished cleaning the Bedrock 605 that I bought last week.

Let me start with this. Evaporust Rocks



This is after soaking one half of the plane in the evapo-rust for about an hour. The plane had newspaper rusted to the sole. It was ugly.

What I can't convey in a blog entry is the feel. Touching the still rusty part and moving to the side cleaned with the evapo-rust only was amazing. It felt like it had already been flattened with 1000 grit paper.


Here is the entire sole cleaned up and flattened. Honestly and amazing as it is, after the rust was removed the sole was very flat. It didn't take much to flatten it.









Even the shoulders cleaned up nicely. There are still some pits on the plane - but I was not about to sand down the shoulders and sole to completely remove them.


These by far are some of the best shavings that I have ever gotten with a plane. The plane really cleaned up nice.

Craigslist Find for Sept Part 1 - Bedrock 605

This is one of 2 planes found off of Craigslist.


The first one is a Stanley Bedrock 605.

The sole measures 13 15/16 inches at the longest point and had a width of 2 7/16 inches. The blade is 2 inches wide. It has a stainless cap iron.

The feature that I found interesting is how the frog is attached to the sole. Most of the Stanley planes that I have seen have a pair of screws on top of the frog to attach it to the sole. This one has a pair of studs in place of those screws and screws on the back side of the frog that screw into the studs.





The second plane purchased is a complete unknown.

I measures 9 3/8 inches long by 2 9/16 wide. It has a 2 inch wide blade and the brass adjustment screw is 3/4 inches in diameter.


These are both before pictures. I will be cleaning and tuning them up.

Craigslist Find for Sept Part 2 - Unknown Plane

This is the unknown plane that I found.


It has hardwood handles and absolutely no markings what so ever.

The sole measured 9 3/8 inches long and 2 9/16 inches wide. It has a 2 inch blade. The brass adjustment screw is 3/4 inches in diameter.