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Aaron Rosenthal
07-02-2018, 11:24 PM
I have a few Ulmia wood planes, and the one I'm asking about is my scrub plane.
Naturally, there's a fair amount of torque on it, since at present I'm smoothing some chain-sawn Elm.
The horn is held by a the body by a sliding dovetail and the meat is into a drilled recess. It's loose enough I can remove it fairly easily by hand (I have arthritis).
It was a gift from an estate, to giving it back to the dealer isn't an option.
Do I glue it, or use my use my #3 - modified into scrub Stanley, and put the wood plane on a shelf as an ornament?

Mark Gibney
07-03-2018, 12:02 AM
I picked up a horned German type smoothing plane a few years ago, and the horn was loose like yours. I epoxied it in, and I haven't regretted it.

Kees Heiden
07-03-2018, 12:50 AM
Yes, glued! They often come loose.

Bob Glenn
07-06-2018, 3:41 PM
They not only come loose, but the horn gets lost too! Picked one up for next to nothing and now have to make a horn to fit.