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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:
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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 😉
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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?