Reply To: Stanley #4 restoration issues

Thanks a lot for all your answers.
The rocks around my town are all granite, so I went to a granite slabs industry and they gave me some broken parts they had as waste for free. They are flat enough.
I finally bought two more planes, as this one needs much more work than the time I have available now, and I prefer to start woodworking. As Paul suggested when I asked in one of his videos, It feels like the frog is not matching the plane. It is maybe a “Frankenstein”. I tried to bend the lever but It is still crushing, so I have filed It. This way I think It may work but o have not finished yet
The new one I prepaired has everything correct and It is working nicely following Paul’s video. It is a USA made Stanley, and I do not know why but It feels better made than the other ones
As some of you pointed, the plane has to be flat just in front of the mouth. I tried the one that was not and It got stuck easily when the planing is started and it does not shave well
If I have time I Will add some pictures to show where the missmatch between plane body and frog can be seen