:help: I was given a couple of old wooden hand planes that had been stored for a very long time. a jointer, a shoulder plane, and a round, they all have some signs of wood worm/powder post beetle. The shoulder plane is the worst. I want to rehabilitate them (pic of them coming later) but what is a good way to treat the wood now. I am looking for homemade remedy's at this point. (i don't have a lot of resources at this point) Thats if they still have post beetles/larva in them.
On the shoulder plane you can see part of the wood that is a lighter color, I cleaned that side off with some automotive hand cleaner and 0000 SteelWool. That part is actuall a lamitated side that came off durring handeling (Glue failure) the other side is missing as well. The bottom of the shoulder plane needs to be replaced so I am going to make new sides and a bottom out of some hardmaple. Also that piece was the test peice that went into the oven for 12hrs at 170 degrees. I plan on getting these tools back into operation this weekend/next week. I will keep you posted. Have a blessed day friends.
(DaveO thanks for the tutorial for posting pics :icon_thum)
So will heat treat them? (low/moderate heat in an oven)
Will cold kill them? Put them in a freezer?
Seal the wood with a finish? (will this kill them if there are any left?)
From what I understand a German lady passed away a couple years ago and these tools were found in her garage. Before she passed she told a family story that the tools were her fathers who was a trained cabinet maker here in Germany and he passed away when she was a young woman. She was in her 20's when he passed away, she passed away at 89 years. So depending on when her father acquired the tools they could be 70-90 years old. The shoulder plane is going to need a couple new parts and a new sole.
In doing this I think of the craftsman that held them before me, his life, the things he may have created. I don't want to take away from the tools in anyway, I will restore them only to the point of them working properly, and not deteriorating further. I can only hope that in a hundred years from now when a young craftsman comes across a couple of my tools he would do the same.
Also whats a good way to clean up the planes without sandpaper? I am thinking 0000 steel wool with some type of cleaner, maybe denatured (Spelling?) alcohol? As always thanks for your help friends and have a blessed day.
On the shoulder plane you can see part of the wood that is a lighter color, I cleaned that side off with some automotive hand cleaner and 0000 SteelWool. That part is actuall a lamitated side that came off durring handeling (Glue failure) the other side is missing as well. The bottom of the shoulder plane needs to be replaced so I am going to make new sides and a bottom out of some hardmaple. Also that piece was the test peice that went into the oven for 12hrs at 170 degrees. I plan on getting these tools back into operation this weekend/next week. I will keep you posted. Have a blessed day friends.
(DaveO thanks for the tutorial for posting pics :icon_thum)
So will heat treat them? (low/moderate heat in an oven)
Will cold kill them? Put them in a freezer?
Seal the wood with a finish? (will this kill them if there are any left?)
From what I understand a German lady passed away a couple years ago and these tools were found in her garage. Before she passed she told a family story that the tools were her fathers who was a trained cabinet maker here in Germany and he passed away when she was a young woman. She was in her 20's when he passed away, she passed away at 89 years. So depending on when her father acquired the tools they could be 70-90 years old. The shoulder plane is going to need a couple new parts and a new sole.
In doing this I think of the craftsman that held them before me, his life, the things he may have created. I don't want to take away from the tools in anyway, I will restore them only to the point of them working properly, and not deteriorating further. I can only hope that in a hundred years from now when a young craftsman comes across a couple of my tools he would do the same.
Also whats a good way to clean up the planes without sandpaper? I am thinking 0000 steel wool with some type of cleaner, maybe denatured (Spelling?) alcohol? As always thanks for your help friends and have a blessed day.
