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Hi John,
“should I keep the No. 3 as a smoothing plane and convert a No. 4 to the scrub?”
I would have to say that the better option for the scrub plane is the No.4 rather than the No.3. The 3 is a lovely plane and although value might not be a consideration, they are worth more than the No.4’s.
Also, for that reason, you may feel easier filing the mouth (throat) of a No.4 to accept the heavily cambered blade needed for the scrub, than filing the No.3? Although, to be honest, if it’s a 90’s plane then it might not make a whole lot of difference.
Also, I think you’re right about the No.4 being more aggressive.
One other option, if you have access to one, is converting an old No.78 to a scrub. This was featured in one of Paul’s later videos.
cheers
PaulI agree with what @stevebrookes says above.
I too have restored many planes. If the bevel angle is waaaaaay out (as it very often is when I get them!) a honing guide will help but you may find it a lot quicker (and less tedious) to take it to a local sharpening service provider. If they offer plane blade sharpening they will be able to quickly regrind the correct bevel angle using a Sorby ProEdge (or equivalent) with a ceramic belt.
Used correctly, the ceramic belts do the job quickly without heating up the steel.
You can then use the honing guide to maintain the bevel angle and refine the edge how you like.
Hope that helps.
The plane that was stopped was confiscated. I asked them what that actually meant as I was concerned that it would be destroyed. The answer was that it would be auctioned off or given to charity.
I have not looked into getting the required documentation so I can’t be of any help on that.
I have had more success shipping to the States (non-rosewood handles) outside of the eBay GSP.
I recently sold a few restored planes via eBay that I shipped to the USA via the Global Shipping Programme. One was stopped due to it having Rosewood handles.
After that I made sure to only ship planes to the States that had handles which weren’t made of rosewood.
All went well until I had another stopped. I queried it (as much as that is possible) as the plane in question definitely had beech handles.
I was told that the plane was stopped under the GSP because it had a cutting blade in it.
So ever since then, I have not attempted to ship planes to the USA under eBay’s GSP. It’s just too disappointing for the buyer.
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