Reply To: Maintaining/restoring old wooden planes?
…little bit unusual – the open side is consistent with some kind of rebate plane. It looks a bit like a badger plane – a large rebate plane except… 1….
…little bit unusual – the open side is consistent with some kind of rebate plane. It looks a bit like a badger plane – a large rebate plane except… 1….
In a blog post several months ago, Chris Schwartz described using it on open grained woods (mahogany, oak) to give a desirable look. Believe he was using the tudor oak…
Frank, it’s really hard to say. It sounds like the joint was starved of glue and has split open. I’ve never experienced this because I use far too much glue…
…like me, you habitually lay the plane on its side. Planing or sanding the sole to get rid of them will open the mouth up, which you probably don’t want….
…glue it into the opening and reclamp. i would weight a little t o make sure there is no more movement. It is most unlikely to move further. I suspect…
…blade? Do you have experience with other bandsaws or know someone who does? I doubt it would even run with the doors open. There’s YouTube videos out there on this…
…set shallow and took a shaving straight off the bat. I must of rounded edge over on iron somehow. Something to keep your eye open for when it happens again….
…with a clamp, some wood glue in it and clamp it. Might open up again though (either side, or a new split), as the wood needs to release pressure. Darren….
…found that filling the arch in the front of the throat opening made a big difference in amount of times I had to manually clear shavings when hogging off waste….
It is very neat to find the old growth wood and see the tightness of the rings. To see and compare it to new growth wood side by side is…