Transitional planes
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I picked up a Sargent 3424 last week. I got it cleaned up and sharpened the blade. I need to flatten the sole still, it’s in pretty good shape.
I was wondering if there are any resources out there for tuning these planes?
Right now, it cuts beautifuly. Leaves a nice glass like surface, but cuts heavy on one side. I can’t for the life of me figure out how to fix this.
10 August 2015 at 3:00 pm #129214I prefer wooden planes but haven’t had success with those. Only transitional I have is too worn. Anyways, you can adjust the iron by tapping on it if it doesn’t have an adjustment lever.
10 August 2015 at 3:52 pm #129215I just watched Paul’s video on restoring and tuning a traditional plane on you tube I think. It is an excellent video and he explains how to adjust the plane iron laterally by hitting it along the top edge towards to light cutting side. If I can find the link I will post it
10 August 2015 at 4:03 pm #129216Ok found it in Paul’s You Tube channel under “Preparing a wooden Jack Plane” I just purchased one off ebay but havent had the time to do anything with it yet. Hope this helps
11 August 2015 at 3:13 am #129250Sounds like the metal body is not sitting properly in the wooden sole. If it is not in perpendicular to the sole that will cause the whole frog assembly and the blade to be tilted to one side resulting in a heavier cut on one side. It may have been manufactured out if square originally. If you can’t adjust the body and sole relationship you can grind and sharpen the plane iron out of square. Or, you could plane the sole to match the angle of the blade if it does not open the mouth too much.
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