Dear #5 plane,

Dear #5 plane,

I'm sorry I ever impugned the quality of your steel, calling you a rustbucket. Because I just took possession of a #6 that apparently hung out underwater in some guy's shed for about thirty years, or something. I think the only reason the rust is only surface deep is because the other rust protected the rest of the iron. It is ... really something to behold. You are a marvel of survivability in contrast.

Graham

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One more rustbucket returned to service. Jesus that thing is a big sonofabitch; and all the stuff I see on the net about them is "the #6 is too small to make an adequate jointer".