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[gchpaco]

I just finished making a piece of rust [1] cut wood shavings so fine you can see through them.

1. Well, really it's a Stanley #5 jack plane. But it came to me pretty darned rusty, as you'd expect from something about twice as old as any of you.[2]
2. Yes, that means you too, Dave. I think it was made between 1925 and 1928.

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[vt6000.livejournal.com]

nice it should work real well when you clean it up....BTW I bet it doesnthave as many nicks in it as I do

[gchpaco.livejournal.com]

Probably not, certainly not after I lapped the sole. For all the surface rust, everything there is pretty solid, and the iron was in decent enough condition considering. This plane has been used for most of its 80 years, but I don't think it's been abused.

[sidelong.livejournal.com]

And that chiseled jaw.

Get it? Chiseled? Whoo! I kill me.

[gchpaco.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I think it would take a lot more work to get Dave's jaw to make wood shavings.

And he'd probably object to it, too, come to think about it.

[bigangry.livejournal.com]

Uh... something's not right in this post...

[bigangry.livejournal.com]

nevermind, i misread it and thought those were supposed to be picture links.

[gchpaco.livejournal.com]

I probably ought to have some pictures. I think I'll wait until the #78 and #4 arrive, and clean the lot of them up first.