Reply To: Loose handle on wooden plane
Yeah. You can warm the plane up first so the hot water doesn’t cool so fast. You are trying to get the old glue to 140°-145°F. Getting the whole plane that warm works. The water is to replace the original moisture.
Be gentle.
If it was a piston fit you just have to figure our which way the mortise was cut. Is there a screw towards the front of the tote? the rear is probably undercut like a dovetail.. you have to sort of rock it back in that case.
Post a picture.
