My Stanley plane, a tool which was my Dad’s and I’m really quite attached to, was calrelessly dropped by my son onto the garage floor.

The metal base has snapped clean in two – it’s a clean snap and I’m hoping I can glue the two half back together again.

Is it feasible to repair it? Any recommendations as to the best glue to use, or am I wasting my time?

It looks (or rather looked) like this:

Thanks

Silver solder will do it. No92 is my favorite hand tool of all time. It might not be straight after its been done.

That’s not a plane, it’s a rebate plane for fitting doors. Glue will be a waste of time, welding then re-grinding might work.

It’s not for fitting doors. It’s a proper tool 😉

I had a similar Record plane which I snapped by dropping. Was gutted as it had similar sentimental value. Managed to get a replacement off ebay. I think brazing might be possible perhaps?

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Could you pin or dowel it,before solder/brazing ?
Might make a neater ,and easier to hide joint.

Thanks for the replies.

My soldering skills unfortunately only extend as far as circuit boards and plumbing.

I was hoping that someone might suggest something like Epoxy glue might do the trick…

That is a shoulder plane you have there which is used to ease the shoulders of tenons. I work as a carpentry lecturer in an FE college and as you can imagine, this happens quite often. I’m not sure how they are welded/brazed back together but our engineering department have always come up trumps and the repaired tools have been as good as new. All is not lost.

Was it on a conveyor belt?