Bonus! #4 Bailey body smoother

Carol Reed

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A friend gave me her Dad's hand plane. It has a Stanley lever cap, a Bailey body, flaking totes, and a ton of rust. The totes maybe walnut under the flaking finish. Shellac, maybe?

That makes at least 3 #4's I have collected that need TLC. Guess I'll have to set up an electrolysis tank. I think I know where one of my battery chargers are.

Another thing for the to-do list when my back let's me do to-do things again.

Picture tomorrow.
 
Yup Evaporust non toxic and safe and it works. Harbor freight has it at a good price better than we have here and its Canadian. :thumb: If you use it when you take it out the evapo rust if left to dry without completely wiping all the liquid off it will have a coating that will prevent rust flash.Helps if its agitated every now and then.
 
I'll stick to the electrolysis. For a couple of cents worth of baking soda My No. 8 Jointer came out beautiful. I didn't even get a line from where it stuck out of the bucket because it was too long long to completely submerge it.
 
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