Hello All,
I have an old and rare wood working plane that has only half the tote, it
is a thick piece of rosewood and unfortunately I do not have similar
rosewood and my power tools are not accessible. Does anyone know of a good
and reasonable tool restorer?
As always, thank you all.
Brother Lou

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Hello,

Birdsill Holly!  Nice.  A search on "Birdsill Holly Patented Jointer" will bring
up images to use as a guide.

Ex. https://www.jimbodetools.com/products/perfect-birdsill-holly-
patent-1852-jointer-plane-excelsior-99332

I know people who fix cracked totes but no one making them from scratch.  It
seems making a new tote would be quick work for any of the many indie saw
makers.

Too sunny in Chantilly,

Kevin

It seems making a new tote would be quick work for any of the many indie 
saw makers. Its only quick work when someone else is doing it. lol Saw 
handles are not that quick. Some guys make it seem like it, but they 
aren't. I carve plane totes when I want. A meeting of the minds over 
what is expected and what is reasonable would need to be reached. 
Postage both ways is not going to be anything to overlook either. I am 
basically at the Pacific Ocean and Lou, aren't you in Florida as I 
recall? yours scott

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(Lou has a broken tote)
On 2024-07-13 10:35, Kevin Foley wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Birdsill Holly!  Nice.  A search on "Birdsill Holly Patented Jointer" 
> will bring up images to use as a guide.
> 
> Ex. 
> https://www.jimbodetools.com/products/perfect-birdsill-holly-
patent-1852-jointer-plane-excelsior-99332
> 
I thought the partial handle looked familiar and the Bode handle really 
rang some bells.  I _think_ bugbear posted an image of a very similar 
handle at one point, and found a pic, but oocities is not responding at 
the moment, hence the extremely long urls that will hopefully work:

https://www.google.com/imgres?q=closed%20plane%20tote%20patterns&imgurl=https%3A
%2F%2Fwww.oocities.org%2Fplybench%2Fhandle_high.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
oocities.org%2Fplybench%2Fhandle.html&docid=mVaaSW07idjm_M&tbnid=xatrd3hn168AFM&
vet=12ahUKEwiphdCgvqSHAxU4FlkFHVGxC_cQM3oECG8QAA..i&w=550&h=714&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKE
wiphdCgvqSHAxU4FlkFHVGxC_cQM3oECG8QAA

and
https://www.google.com/imgres?q=closed%20plane%20tote%20patterns&imgurl=https%3A
%2F%2Fwww.oocities.org%2Fplybench%2Fhandle_high.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
oocities.org%2Fplybench%2Fhandle.html&docid=mVaaSW07idjm_M&tbnid=xatrd3hn168AFM&
vet=12ahUKEwiphdCgvqSHAxU4FlkFHVGxC_cQM3oECG8QAA..i&w=550&h=714&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKE
wiphdCgvqSHAxU4FlkFHVGxC_cQM3oECG8QAA#imgrc=xatrd3hn168AFM&imgdii=E7qPCyaj_QNGEM

There are a bunch of places telling you how to roll your own..

Esther

Thanks everyone for your feedback and help.

On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 1:13 PM Esther via groups.io  wrote:

Hi,

This guy is a "Stanley Hand Plane Tote Repair & Restoration", he does
rosewood all the time.
https://www.youtube.com/@gordonaddison307

Hope this helps!
Chris in NZ.

On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 at 16:23, Old Lou via groups.io
 wrote:

Thanks, I'll check it out.

On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 7:23 PM Christian Gagneraud 
wrote: