Stanley No. 2 and Stanley No. 12

[lptools]

I had both of these re-japanned by a friend . I cleaned up the milled faces and the steel and brass parts . The brass knobs are and handle screws on the No. 12 are correct replacements made by my b'in-law . The blade on the No. 12 is a new old stock Kunz. Everything else is original.

[Jim C.]

Hey Lou, very nice restorations!  Do you have a project in mind where you're planning to use them?  Looks like they'll be around for another 100 years.  As I recall, coolford used to do some nice work restoring old planes.  It's been some time since I've heard from him and I fear the worst. 

Jim C.

[lptools]

Hello, Jim C. Thanks , nothing in the works , so they are in the collection for now. Coolford always had great items!!

[geneg]

Great looking planes & look better than new.
What did the B.I.L. use to do the reeding on the brass knobs?  I hate to see them after someone used vise grips on them.  Knurling tool works, but doesn't look right.

[lptools]

Thanks for the reply!  This is from my b'in-law ; I used a straight single pattern knurling die to cut the knurls . I then ground a piece of HSS with the appropriate radius to separate the knurls to match the original part.

[geneg]

Thank you.  I have several cross pattern knurling tools, but haven't seen a straight single pattern one.  Now I know the proper name.  Reeding is the edge of a coin term.

Just found a bunch of them on ebay from another country.  They should be ok for brass.  I just need to measure the pitch of some of the chewed up knobs.