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I have flattened quite a few wooden plane soles with metal planes and found that at my non-masterly skill level, a #5 length was more useful for this purpose than a #4.
In any case, I suggest don’t try to do it before you have built up some experience and skill planing project or test pieces first with the metal planes!
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Thanks, Paul makes it look easy in his video on the subject, no surprise there! But I will put off restoring them until I have some experience with the plane, as you suggest. I wouldn’t want to mess them up any further!