Reducing wood thickness
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For those needing an inexpensive scrub plane, I followed Paul’s suggestion and bought a “worn” wooden coffin plane that the mouth had enlarged through many decades of use. Whoever had the plane prior to me must have had the same idea; the iron was already ground to a convex. All I had to do was sharpen and hone and it works great! The best part: I bought the plane on eBay for about half of what it cost to ship it to me! A very affordable option. The only downside is the iron is almost worn out, but I already have a piece of O1 tool steel to make a replacement.
Thanks for your kind words !
Gary, your plane looks quite nice !
I found a very cheap wooden plane at my local DIY. I did grind (by hand ! took a while) the iron to make it a scrub plane.
And works pretty well !
I have been checking on ebay for some old tools. Unfortunately, most of them are in US, so there is a risk of import fees… But i keep my eyes open ! There is also this site for UK/EU people, I think it was given by Paul in one of his posts : http://www.oldtools.co.uk