Kentucky Armory Club

Here's a plane I picked up to restore:
After a 3 hour soak in apple cider vinegar, a scrub with a brass brush, rinse with warm water and a good shot of WD40 to prevent flash rust.

More work to be done, but well on the way to be a productive tool again.

Very cool! Looks like it will be back to doing its job in no time!

In fact I think gunsmokin might need to borrow it. He was complaining about varying thickness of some ply he was using!

Do you ever use naval jelly to remove rust?

Tried with varying results. I've done cheap to expensive and safe to caustic. Vinegar has done the best across the board. It's safe, cheap and easy to dispose of.

Vinger good for some time , I use muriatic acid/water to strip the metal I refinish.

I been using my wet tumbler with steel pins to clean some reloading gear that rusted up real bad, and it did great, you cant tell it was ever rusted, works equally well on a silver necklace my wife had.

Needs some pinstripe or something. Looks really plane.

Rem700 wrote:In fact I think gunsmokin might need to borrow it. He was complaining about varying thickness of some ply he was using!

Silly person! Everybody knows you can't use a #2 plane for plywood! A belt sander is the right choice in that situation...

Rem gets a bonus point for paying attention.