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HokieKen
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Military Retirement Shadowbox #1: Up-front Work
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Last July, my sister sent me a message that my BIL, a Navy Diver, was going to retire in March. She said he wanted a custom shadowbox and didn't l...
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Stanley 45 Combo Plane Overhaul #7: Does It Work?
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Well, I guess we know IT works. The plane has been around for over a century. The question was, could I make it work? I haven't had any time to sp...
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Stanley 45 Combo Plane Overhaul #6: The Home Stretch
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I had a little bit of cleanup left to do. I put a couple of coats of Tru-Oil on the knob and tote. I also had the cam rest from CL810 that I hadn't...
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Stanley 45 Combo Plane Overhaul #5: Just Some Little Bits
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First, I'll toss this in here. I should have included it with the other wood pieces in the last entry but I forgot. I kept the original Rosewood pi...
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Stanley 45 Combo Plane Overhaul #4: A New Tote and Knob
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I didn't have a lot of time to spend with the #45 this weekend but I did carve out a couple of hours to make a new tote and handle [Image] The orig...
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Stanley 45 Combo Plane Overhaul #3: Awwww Don't Be Blue
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KelleyCrafts suggested that maybe this plane would look good if it were blued. I thought that was a great idea! Blued steel looks nice usually and ...
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Stanley 45 Combo Plane Overhaul #2: General Cleanup
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It was evident that the rust present on this plane was mostly just surface rust. And I didn't really want to do a rust conversion because that woul...
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Stanley 45 Combo Plane Overhaul #1: A New Pretty :-)
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This blog series is migrated here from another site. So there may be some out of date remarks or references to posts in the comments that don't ma...
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A Handplane Rehab #6: Stick a Fork in it!
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Well, a mere 6 months after starting this series, I'm finally ready to wrap it up… So let's dive right in! When last I left off, I had finished re...
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A Handplane Rehab #5: Tote Repair
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I fully intended to do the tote repair and the refinishing of the tote and knob in one post but shop time has been scarce so I'm going to just go a...
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A Handplane Rehab #4: Some Hardware Stuff
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Man, it's been a while! I've had so little shop time lately and none of it has been unspoken for, so rehabbing this plane hasn't been on the agenda...
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A Handplane Rehab #3: Gotta Put on my Body Paint
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Well, I said I probably wouldn't blog about painting this one since I covered my process pretty thoroughly in this old blog entry. However, I did s...
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