I tarted up one of these and was originally intending to sell it. I'm not a collector. I just bought a No.7 because it was cheap. I'd never seen one before and I felt like doing something different. Then I had cause to use it to fix a door that was sticking. Bloody hell! The step had a bow in it and was made out of 60 year-old red gum - one of the hardest and densest timbers around - and it went through it like a hot knife through butter. So I'm keeping it. I flattened mine on a piece of glass, rather than a bench and it's dead true. I used linseed oil on the totes and I probably wouldn't use varnish. Oiled wood just feels better. I didn't bother with repainting it. I just disassembled it and soaked everything in cleaning vinegar for 24 hours and all the rust just fell off it. Electrolysis - the way you did it - is better. Mine is from the 1940s, I think and was made in England.

Really nice end result!

@DoingThings_NL

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Great video!! Beautiful restoration. Watching these videos are very meditative to me and finding music that matches that mood is super hard (the most successful ones I've found seem to use classical music) all you used were a great choice. Sometimes narration interrupts the vibe, so I didn't mind the captions - they are important for those who aren't familiar with what you're doing. (ps. no paint on the mating surfaces on the frog - although it looked like you took it off on the top, not sure about the bottom where it connects to the body)

@DoingThings_NL

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! (There is no paint on the mating surfaces, they were taped, maybe not very clear in the video)

@cdnbean

3 ай бұрын

@@DoingThings_NL thank you! Although a small detail, it made a big difference in a plane I restored & tuned up

Great video and restoration! It turned out wonderfully. Another suggestion for a nice relaxing video like this would be to chose your music wisely. I for one found the music at around 5:00 very fitting, but the music at the end not so much. Could just be me. Also, I think narrating your steps instead of typing them would increase the value of the video. Thanks for sharing!

@DoingThings_NL

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment, appreciate the suggestions. I am not a native English speaker so talking feels a little awkward.

Just a suggestion: It's hard to read the white letters against the light colored table. Nice restoration! 💪🏻

@DoingThings_NL

5 ай бұрын

Thanks, I will take that into consideration on my next video's.

@user-er4vn2kr2t

2 ай бұрын

​@@DoingThings_NL yellow is a good colour for sub-titles