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The ubiquitous Jack plane No 5, that and the No 4 were in everyone household at one point. Or so it would seems, because they are everywhere... They shows up in many flavours, most patterned after the Stanley Bailey No 5, this particular one is from Jolly old England, across the pond, the Record No 05 At first glance, it look amazingly in good shape, lots of finish, decal almost complete, full length cutter.  Used? Oh, yes, there is an accumulation of wood shavings and dust under the hood, as they almost always do when used. So lets strip it down and see what we got After brushing off the saw dust and chips, the plane body got a good scrubbing with Krud Kutter, while the small parts got a soaking in Evaporust Brushing with Krud Kutter Then rinse off.  Do similar after Evaporust All the small screws removed got a soaking After rinse off they go in the oven. I set the oven to 200F, put the parts in. After reaching temp, I turn it off Open the door, put the exhaust fan on high, w...

Another recent Kijiji finds, an almost perfect specimen still in the cardboard box with the instructions pamphlet. It was a bit out of my way, Truro NS, but it was a good ride in the country side, and it so happened that one of my girlfriend sisters lives in Truro, so great excuse for a visit. Thank you Crystal and Paul for the hospitality :-) Black covered paste box with yellow label. I gave it a quick wipe, it was quite dusty... Coming from a typical powered woodworking's shop :-) What is inside, complete with plane pamphlet The Woden company of Wednesbury Staffordshire (1868-1961) was a maker of a limited range of hand tools for woodworking such as ratchet braces, carpenter bench cramps (vises) flooring cramps, wrenches etc. They had a steel foundry and were equipped to make all the parts required to make hand tools. The hand tool division was relatively small within the overall product range, of metal castings, nuts and bolts and related steel products. Like most British compan...