steven c newman
04-20-2018, 9:36 PM
A few years back, found an old plough plane at a garage sale...$15......missing the iron and wedge...tried to fix it back up...got in too big of a hurry...
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This is what came home with me. Cobbled a wedge, replaced the one arm that was broken where it attached to the fence. Iron came from a handle-less 1/4" chisel....was able to use it a bit
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But, the fence and the iron had issues holding a setting.....to the point the plane went "airbourne" and landed off in a corner...somewhere...:mad::rolleyes:
Fast forward to last week.....During the Spring Cleaning of the shop, came upon the old plane...
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That is a Stanley #4, for scale...Handle was lost...some of the other parts needed reworked..
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Screws were shot. Fence had a split ( that finally broke off) wedges were too worn, or just plain too small...
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Sole was NOT flat, side to side. Got that fixed, sharpened the iron, cleaned the rust off the skate. . Wedge was fired. Found some Walnut scraps, made a few new wedges.
Arms are locked in place by by a wedge. Wedge is tapered as is the slot it slides in. To tighten, you slide the wedge by tapping the wide, square end. to loosen, you tapped the rounded end.
New wedges needed to be a bit longer, with the square end a tad wider. Wedge for the iron needed a different profile, and the pointy end shaped to match the iron.
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I also found this chunk of Maple during the clean up. 1-1/2" thick....should be able to cut a handle out?
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Bandsaw roughed out the blank....which left the fence..
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Had a slab of Ash...marked it out to get the fence out of the best section, and cut for length....will need to plough a rebate...
That will be in Part 2.....stay tuned..:D
384287
This is what came home with me. Cobbled a wedge, replaced the one arm that was broken where it attached to the fence. Iron came from a handle-less 1/4" chisel....was able to use it a bit
384288
But, the fence and the iron had issues holding a setting.....to the point the plane went "airbourne" and landed off in a corner...somewhere...:mad::rolleyes:
Fast forward to last week.....During the Spring Cleaning of the shop, came upon the old plane...
384289
That is a Stanley #4, for scale...Handle was lost...some of the other parts needed reworked..
384290
Screws were shot. Fence had a split ( that finally broke off) wedges were too worn, or just plain too small...
384291
Sole was NOT flat, side to side. Got that fixed, sharpened the iron, cleaned the rust off the skate. . Wedge was fired. Found some Walnut scraps, made a few new wedges.
Arms are locked in place by by a wedge. Wedge is tapered as is the slot it slides in. To tighten, you slide the wedge by tapping the wide, square end. to loosen, you tapped the rounded end.
New wedges needed to be a bit longer, with the square end a tad wider. Wedge for the iron needed a different profile, and the pointy end shaped to match the iron.
384292
I also found this chunk of Maple during the clean up. 1-1/2" thick....should be able to cut a handle out?
384293
Bandsaw roughed out the blank....which left the fence..
384295
Had a slab of Ash...marked it out to get the fence out of the best section, and cut for length....will need to plough a rebate...
That will be in Part 2.....stay tuned..:D