Dan Andrews
10-01-2009, 7:04 PM
I got a new-old plane on ebay for $13.40 counting shipping. It is a Millers Falls 6 inch low angle block plane with a 1 3/8 inch iron. The sole has a few scratches and the depth adjustment screw was bent. The Iron is in good shape, though it was in need of sharpening.
I lapped the sole, straightened the adjustment screw and sharpened the iron. I have been using it 20 times a day while building a cabinet for my growing flock of planes. Now I just wonder how I got along without it. Probably because I was using power tools most of the time and sanding rough end grain when is showed.
This little Millers Falls plane will shave tissue thin on end grain and leave it as smooth as a baby's bottom. It does not have an adjustable mouth opening, but I haven't used it going with the grain except on a piece of pine just to try it out. It did just fine there. :D
I lapped the sole, straightened the adjustment screw and sharpened the iron. I have been using it 20 times a day while building a cabinet for my growing flock of planes. Now I just wonder how I got along without it. Probably because I was using power tools most of the time and sanding rough end grain when is showed.
This little Millers Falls plane will shave tissue thin on end grain and leave it as smooth as a baby's bottom. It does not have an adjustable mouth opening, but I haven't used it going with the grain except on a piece of pine just to try it out. It did just fine there. :D