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My grandpa's hand plane from 1974 still beats the $200 one I bought at a big box store
Three weeks ago I was cleaning out my grandpa's garage in Akron and found his old Stanley hand plane under a pile of paint cans. I took it home, wiped off 40 years of dust, sharpened the blade on a $10 stone, and tried it on a piece of oak. It cut curls so thin you could read through them. The $200 plane I bought last spring chatters on the same board no matter how I adjust it. Grandpa paid $12 for his back in 1974. I'm not saying new tools are junk, but something got lost in how they make them now. Has anyone else had luck fixing up an old tool instead of buying new? I want to know what to look for at estate sales.
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