Hello everyone! My name is Will and I live in Winston-Salem. I have worked in the concert industry for many years, but have started to take time off from that to pursue other interests, one of which is woodworking. About a year ago I started working with a landscape design company here in WS building custom garden beds for them mainly from cedar. I have been around woodworking my whole life, my dad had a woodshop when I was growing up and made all sorts of things like cabinets, cedar chests, hammer dulcimers, toys, guitars, and checkerboards.
This past winter I converted a small shed on my property into a woodshop focusing more on hand tools. I became fascinated by vintage measuring and marking tools, and I wanted to get a few hand planes to complement my power tools. Where my shop sits in relation to other homes makes using power tools tricky with the noise and dust since I have to use them outside mainly due to space, so I started to read books and forums on hand tools. I bought a few vintage planes from various places and stumbled upon a No. 2 Stanley in a box of stuff I bought. It was in rough shape and was missing the lever cap and iron/chip breaker but replacements were easy enough to find. I was happy with using what I had, but finding that sent me on a quest to put a set of planes together, and I have now restored Stanley No's. 2-7 and I am working on a No. 8 right now and that's been a fun challenge. Since my woodworking journey has been mostly power tools up until now, I'm enjoying learning new things everyday about hand tools and its a great way to get some exercise for body and mind alike. I'll add a few photos of the planes I've restored and the No. 8 I'm working on now in my spare time for anyone interested in that sort of thing, I'd love to chat with you.
~Will
This past winter I converted a small shed on my property into a woodshop focusing more on hand tools. I became fascinated by vintage measuring and marking tools, and I wanted to get a few hand planes to complement my power tools. Where my shop sits in relation to other homes makes using power tools tricky with the noise and dust since I have to use them outside mainly due to space, so I started to read books and forums on hand tools. I bought a few vintage planes from various places and stumbled upon a No. 2 Stanley in a box of stuff I bought. It was in rough shape and was missing the lever cap and iron/chip breaker but replacements were easy enough to find. I was happy with using what I had, but finding that sent me on a quest to put a set of planes together, and I have now restored Stanley No's. 2-7 and I am working on a No. 8 right now and that's been a fun challenge. Since my woodworking journey has been mostly power tools up until now, I'm enjoying learning new things everyday about hand tools and its a great way to get some exercise for body and mind alike. I'll add a few photos of the planes I've restored and the No. 8 I'm working on now in my spare time for anyone interested in that sort of thing, I'd love to chat with you.
~Will
