William Fretwell
03-06-2021, 9:49 PM
Back last summer picked up a couple of wood planes on the Bay.
I gave the blade a quick sharpen and freshened up the chip breaker and put it back on the shelf. Today having a spare hour I took it down, the blade was immovable, jammed solid. Must be the 20% humidity in the warm shop. With hammers I moved the blade 1mm at a time, eventually releasing it after 30 minutes. One benefit of steel planes!
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Both the blade and chip breaker are thick and substantial ‘cast steel’. The chip breaker has a nice curve near the edge that keeps the edge very tight to the blade.
453873 I used a series of chisels to ease the slot for the blade and fine sandpaper to remove the side corners on the blade. This did take a while but managed to preserve the snug fit.
Reassembled the plane proved a pleasure to use, producing a good shaving and a polished surface.
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So for $10 Cdn a very useful plane. Will it be loose in the summer? Time will tell.
I gave the blade a quick sharpen and freshened up the chip breaker and put it back on the shelf. Today having a spare hour I took it down, the blade was immovable, jammed solid. Must be the 20% humidity in the warm shop. With hammers I moved the blade 1mm at a time, eventually releasing it after 30 minutes. One benefit of steel planes!
453870 453871
Both the blade and chip breaker are thick and substantial ‘cast steel’. The chip breaker has a nice curve near the edge that keeps the edge very tight to the blade.
453873 I used a series of chisels to ease the slot for the blade and fine sandpaper to remove the side corners on the blade. This did take a while but managed to preserve the snug fit.
Reassembled the plane proved a pleasure to use, producing a good shaving and a polished surface.
453874
So for $10 Cdn a very useful plane. Will it be loose in the summer? Time will tell.