My Stanley no 4 completed

Good job fivecodys!

If your going to keep it for a long time and use it than it’s worth what you paid for it.

It’s mostly not what you paid but rather do you like it and will use it. I have a $400 refurbished camping stove and while I only started using it this years (bought 5 years ago) I really like it and will always appreciate it. Hopefully the same for your nicely refurbished #4.

-- For those about to die, remember your bicycle helmet!

Plane looks great to me…

-- A Planer? I'M the planer, this is what I use

Well done. I’ve been using my #4 lately.

Say, that workbench wouldn’t be from Norm’s first book, from about 1987 would it? It looks awfully familiar.

-- Tony

Well done. I ve been using my #4 lately.

Say, that workbench wouldn t be from Norm s first book, from about 1987 would it? It looks awfully familiar.

- Tony Ennis

Thank you Tony.
You have a good eye. Yep, it’s Norms. I built it about 20 years ago. I added another vise it to it last spring.

-- A bad day woodworking is still better than a good day working.

Thank you all for the kind comments.
It will be a user for sure.

-- A bad day woodworking is still better than a good day working.

You have a good eye. Yep, it s Norms. I built it about 20 years ago. I added another vise it to it last spring.

- fivecodys

I have one just like it, but yours is prettier. I’m about to retire mine, I think. screws-in-endgrain, and all that. #ohnorm

-- Tony

You have a good eye. Yep, it s Norms. I built it about 20 years ago. I added another vise it to it last spring.

- fivecodys

I have one just like it, but yours is prettier. I m about to retire mine, I think. screws-in-endgrain, and all that. #ohnorm

- Tony Ennis

I built mine then stepped away from woodworking for a while so it sat covered up. I think I just got burned out and needed a break. Just a few years ago I got reinvigorated, mostly due to YouTube, and I put it back into service. It definitely has it’s short comings but it will do for a while.
Take care,

-- A bad day woodworking is still better than a good day working.

Looks good!

-- The problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred. – George Bernard Shaw

Lots of lessons learned on this one.
- fivecodys

That’s the important part. Just think of all of the things that you could have spent more money on and gotten less out of.

You did a great job, the shiny knob an tote look great.

Out of curiosity, did you get a #4 because Paul Sellers uses one? That’s exactly why I got mine going. I used a #5 usually.

-- Tony

That will work. :)

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Out of curiosity, did you get a #4 because Paul Sellers uses one? That s exactly why I got mine going. I used a #5 usually.

- Tony Ennis

The reason I bought the No 4 was based on some advice from a few of the guys here. When I decided I wanted to try my hand at restoring a hand plane I asked and was given a list of planes to look for. This plane was on the list.

-- A bad day woodworking is still better than a good day working.

The reason I bought the No 4 was based on some advice from a few of the guys here.

Great choice. If you want to feel inferior, check out Paul Sellers on Youtube.

-- Tony