Joe,
welcome.
Great find.
The lever cap has the script signature mark with what I can just see
the faint few letters of "Reg'd under it. The lever cap is far more
curvy than anything used in the much earlier models. The screw looks a
little unusual, in that the top is larger in diameter, flatter on top,
and it appears to not be square threaded as expected.
They did have either a fine, straight or a coarse diamond knurling.
These are from the very late period, well after the death of Stewart
Spiers in 1899, and it is around the time when the script mark was
registered in the 1930's.
Since some of the pins have already been taken out, the repair is not
dependent on whether you want to leave no evidence that it was done.
Open handled Spiers planes are a 3 piece construction. The handle, the
bottom piece with its top surface aligned with the top of the steel
sides and with a slot cut for the base for the handle to enter at the
rear, and then the top plate.
Here is a page where I did a repair without removing the back pin (
the one that goes through the handle base.)
www.petermcbride.com/plane_repair/
That plane you have is great one to do a restoration on, and I would
encourage you to do it yourself, taking your time and planing it with
a view to how you want it to look at the end.
Here are a some Spiers planes to look at. The open handled smoother,
second from the bottom on the left, is similar to your plane....and
it's handle has been replaced in the way I described on my web page.
www.petermcbride.com/oldtools/spiers/
Here is another page with a set up I use for making handles ( Thanks
to bugbear)
www.petermcbride.com/planemaking/images/double_vice.jpg
On this page...
www.petermcbride.com/planemaking/smooth.htm
Good luck
I think that after looking at pictures of your current work, you will
make a great plane to use and enjoy.
Regards,
Peter
In Melbourne, Australia...a Spiers NUT!
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Evening fellas, just got back from a weekend of rust hunting. I was on
my
last leg up from Pensacola and stopped by the rattiest looking flea
market
just across the Alabama line. This one dude had isles of stuff. One of
those
places the girlfriend and I refer to as "head hurt booths". As I dug
through
the $50 coffin smoothers and $100 "big wooden plans" Jacks. This
little baby
peaked out of the pile.
Infill
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I talked him into kicking in 5 yellow handled buck chisels he wanted
$3 each
for. Total out the door for the Plane and 5 chisels.....$40.00. What
is
this??? I know it is an infill. Is it a decent one and who can restore
it...I aint touching it!! I am afraid I will screw it up. I will
tackle an
old Stanley or Sargent no sweat....but this one, I think is better
left to
someone with more knowledge.
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