$0.10 Woodworking Tool Restoration

In this video I restore an old Stanley made bevel gauge that I found lying in a puddle at an estate sale. I payed a dime for it because I saw potential in it. I started off by soaking the metal parts in Evaporust and polished the brass and refinished the wood on the handle. I then sanded down the carriage bolt back down to smooth metal because it was super pitted. I also sanded the actual bevel gauge down to make the sides actually flat on it. Overall I love how the polished steel and brass ended up looking together.
Evaporust: evapo-rust.com...

[@ludvigtande1236]

Simple tool that proves valuable. Great job!

[@markgoode4109]

A dime and a few hours of elbow grease and you have turned a piece of junk in to a super tool. Excellent job. Best wishes

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching! This was a fun project to do

[@Lancelot_Jago]

From Australia with love. I can’t afford a Jet anything, or a festool sticker. 10 cents on that tool, I could manage 🙏

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching! I buy all my tools used and they end up being far cheaper than buying new

[@theriggsworkshop8606]

Great video ..but you have a lathe ..why didnt you simply mount that bolt in the chuck and work on the head that way . Ive done this exactly same thing in about 2 minutes !

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Not a bad idea, but I frayed away from it because my Chuck would mess up the threads on the bolt. And doing it by hand didn't take very long

[@theriggsworkshop8606]

@@TheRussianWoodworker two nuts on the thread locked onto each other will save the threads . BTW the woid and the brass look so good together .. well worth your time .

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Unfortunately Stanley made their own weird thread sizes so if I used any regular nuts it would cross thread the bolt. And yes I agree I really like to look of the two together

[@theriggsworkshop8606]

@@TheRussianWoodworker ahhh gotcha ...

[@green_building]

Very nice 😎👍✨

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching

[@TheThriftyWoodworker]

Nice work

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching!

[@КошмарКошмар-й2б]

Hi bro 👋👋👋very good restoration 👍👍👍and video cool 🤝🤝🤝

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it!

[@wetdedstuocm]

Well worth the dime..and a good job as well..Peace

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Thanks for watching! And it really was

[@mattson6996]

Handle...thumbs up. Blade...thumbs down. It could have been made to look alot nicer. But a nice tool.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

Ok

[@Михаил-ч5ж2с]

🙋 Привет Антон!
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Удачи тебе.

[@TheRussianWoodworker]

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