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   rob_ss | Jun 15, 2019 05:55am | #1

   It is probably worth trying a lot of CRC or WD40.
   You have nothing to lose by trying to get the screw out.
   It should be a flat slot so make sure you have the exact right size screwdriver. If not, grind a bigger one to fit.
   Consider a cheap screwdriver with a hex neck for a spanner. Worst case is you break a bolt, which is cheap...
   If you can't get the screw out, then you could use a fine hacksaw to cut through both bolt and handle, then repair the cut afterwards. Still, either way the bolt is trash so best to try getting it out first.
   This is a VERY boring video about how to put a broken handle back together.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjCKYkUeNVw

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   user-6001446 | Jun 15, 2019 09:36am | #2

   I think type 9 has brass nut with a “waist”. The rod is threaded on both ends. Rob SS gives great advice - get a srewdriver on that nut and crank it. If it’s original brass nut, seems like that should work unless it strips the threads on the brass nut (softer metal) before it comes off. Wondering if you might drill the nut off instead off cutting it off....if you cut it leave enough rod that you can unscrew it (hopefully) from the body else you will be drilling and rethreading the body I think. Another option if it doesn’t want to come off is to tighten it until something gives -hopefully the brass nut. The risk there is maybe the tote cracks or maybe the rod snaps off at the thread in the base so your left with drilling and rethreading. Since you say you are new to hobby, I will add: Having taken up the hobby again myself after 35+years away from it (I am of a generation that was gifted with opportunity for wood shop classes for 4 years in school and 4H projects at home) and after having played with old plane restoration as well (including bedrock numbers 5 and 7 that I paid 25 cents each for at a garage sale at age 13 then promptly wire brushed and painted over the Japanning with flat black rustoleum - oh well, who knew back then collecting these would become such a thing?), I eventually bought a LieNielsen 4 bronze, (bronze is a bit more, but to me that plane is a marvel of engineering as well as a work of art all in one) and a LN low angle jack. I do not regret those investments - wow do they work and seem to hold value pretty well on the used market. However, I still sure do appreciate my antiques and understand the allure and accomplishment of restoration. Good luck to you.