Driving out to get some stuff at the BORG today, I pasted a beautiful old barn that I had admired many times. This day there was a sign saying "Antiques and Yard Sale", so I doubled back mainy to see the inside of the barn. I was greeted by a lady, and I asked if she knew if there were and old handtools for sale. She said that she had no idea but to check inside with her brother. So I went into the old barn, which was really cool, lots of old wood, and started looking through the rooms to see what I could find. The last room I came to was exactly what I was looking for. There was a table just filled with old planes, draw knives, bits & braces etc. Most of the metal planes were in poor shape but there was about 10 wooden planes, so I started looking through them and they too were mostly in bad shape. Then I picked up this one. The iron was in great shape and still rather sharp. The body was also in good shape and the sole looked dead flat. So I asked the guy what he wanted for it, he said $25. I told him that I had no cash but could run to Lowes and get my stuff plus some cash, and be right back. He said he would hold it for me. I came back offer him $20 and left with the plane. Got home and cleaned some surface rust of the iron and chip breaker, honed the edge till I could shave arm hairs and waxed the sole. Having never used a jointer plane before and being a handtool newbie, I though it worked very nicely on some Red Oak scrap I had lying around. I am not sure if jointer plane is the correct term, but it is 22" long and has Owasco Tool Co. stamped on the front and iron. Anybody know anything about this plane?
Thanks for looking and any information you can provide. Dave
Thanks for looking and any information you can provide. Dave