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Norman Pirollo
01-09-2023, 9:44 AM
A few successful plow plane (4) restorations! Recently completed restore of theses vintage plow planes. They were in shabby condition with rusty metal parts. Small superficial cracks in the wood bodies and where the arms meet the fence. This seems to be typical of plow planes of this era. After disassembling, removing rust, re-aligning skates (they were loose), cleaning and polishing metal, re-grinding bevel on iron (they were belied), etc., they were ready to go. They work very well now and i intend to use them regularly in my furniture making. Had to re-create a set of wedges in one of the plows. YouTube video coming up with more detail.

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Norman Pirollo
01-09-2023, 9:50 AM
Remaining pics of the (4) plow plane restores! Just completed restore of theses vintage plow planes. They were in shabby condition with rusty metal parts. Small superficial cracks in the wood body and where the arms meet the fence. This seems to be typical of plow planes of this era. After disassembling, removing rust, re-aligning skates (they were loose), cleaning and polishing metal, re-grinding bevel on iron (it was belied), etc., they were ready to go. They work very well now. Had to re-create a set of wedges in one of the plows. A little later I made a dedicated torsion-box shelf for (3) of the plows. The (4)th has it's own cubbyhole in a wall-mounted tool cabinet. YouTube video coming up with more detail and actually using them.

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Tony Wilkins
01-09-2023, 11:04 AM
Looking good! Looking forward to the video.
Norman Pirollo
01-10-2023, 12:47 PM
Looking good! Looking forward to the video.

Plow Plane Restore (video): https://youtu.be/tmizQAzesBk

Norman
Mark Gibney
01-11-2023, 2:52 PM
Looking forward to watching the video. Cheers!
Tom M King
01-11-2023, 3:17 PM
Those are the nicest Plow Planes I've ever seen. My absolute favorite plane for making grooves is a wooden molding plane with a metal skate. Many times nicer than using a combination plane.
Norman Pirollo
01-11-2023, 6:23 PM
Those are the nicest Plow Planes I've ever seen. My absolute favorite plane for making grooves is a wooden molding plane with a metal skate. Many times nicer than using a combination plane.

Thanks! I'm enjoying them all. they work very well. I set them for light cuts with the blade protruding below the skate ever so slightly. This makes for less effort and smoother cuts.

Norman