Jessica Pierce-LaRose
01-15-2011, 10:25 PM
I recently picked up a wooden moving fillester plane; don't have the piece in front of me or I'd mention the maker; it's nothing for the collectors, but I'd like to keep it in decent shape. I've gently tuned it pretty much to shape, the only thing that's a problem at this point is one of the screw holes for the fence that mounts on the sole is stripped and no longer quite holds.
Any suggestions for fixing this? I've done this sort of fix on small holes for guitars, but these are larger screws, and I'm curious if this application, on a wooden plane, presents and different concerns that I'm not taking into consideration. The one thing I'm thinking is that the amount of BLO this thing seems to have received over the years may inhibit glue from working here.
For whatever silly reason, I'd like to keep using the same screws. It adds something to the look even though I'm the only one who'll know.
I know this is silly and I'm probably over-thinking it...
Any suggestions for fixing this? I've done this sort of fix on small holes for guitars, but these are larger screws, and I'm curious if this application, on a wooden plane, presents and different concerns that I'm not taking into consideration. The one thing I'm thinking is that the amount of BLO this thing seems to have received over the years may inhibit glue from working here.
For whatever silly reason, I'd like to keep using the same screws. It adds something to the look even though I'm the only one who'll know.
I know this is silly and I'm probably over-thinking it...