102 Year Old Stanley #5 Plane (TOOL RESTORATION / PRESERVATION)

In this video I am restoring a Stanley Bailey No. 5 Bench Plane. It is a type 11. This type was been made between 1910 and 1918.

This plane belong to a friend of mine who recently passed away. It's been sitting out back on his workbench the last couple years, unused and exposed to the elements. After he passed away I bought it from the family so that I could restore it. Originally, I thought it was going to need a full restoration, but while tearing it apart I decided to treat it more like a preservation and keep as much of the character and patina as I could, while still returning it to serviceable condition.

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