The lateral adjuster isn't that big of a deal. The early planes didn't have them. Honestly, I wouldn't change a thing. Yes, you could replace parts but then it wouldn't be the plane you had handed down. They are not that expensive so just buy another one if you want one that is perfect.
My rehabbed Bailey #5 Using gun blue
Well today I finished rehabbing my old Bailey #5 planner. It only took me 2 days to complete. This was handed down to me by 3 generations of wood workers in my family, one to the next with my Dad handing it off to me. It looked terrible, here is what I started with.
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You can see I had my hands full to restore it. I painted the foot (I think that's what it's called) after some sanding. I also did something really different, I had some gun bluing solution left over from a rifle restore I did, so I blued my plane. I really think it turned out awesome! I just love it! The wooden handles look like rosewood, beautiful wood though. I even blued the screws & shined up the brass. Here is the final restore pictures.
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![Plane Wood Jack plane Smoothing plane Shoulder plane]()
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As you can see I put some time into doing this as well as I could. The big handle was broken in half, so I used some tight bond 3 to glue it up. The frog is broken but it still holds the blade in. I need the part that allows the blade to move side to side, but over all, i'm happy with it. Thank you for looking, let me know what you think of it & if there is something missing I am unaware of. Have a good evening all.
Mark~
You can see I had my hands full to restore it. I painted the foot (I think that's what it's called) after some sanding. I also did something really different, I had some gun bluing solution left over from a rifle restore I did, so I blued my plane. I really think it turned out awesome! I just love it! The wooden handles look like rosewood, beautiful wood though. I even blued the screws & shined up the brass. Here is the final restore pictures.
As you can see I put some time into doing this as well as I could. The big handle was broken in half, so I used some tight bond 3 to glue it up. The frog is broken but it still holds the blade in. I need the part that allows the blade to move side to side, but over all, i'm happy with it. Thank you for looking, let me know what you think of it & if there is something missing I am unaware of. Have a good evening all.
Mark~
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I'd love to see that plane in better light. That bluing is awsome. Nice job sisQmark. 
Very nice, do you have a shooting board to go with it? Ba-dump-pssh!
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