Robert Trotter
12-26-2007, 9:49 AM
I have been making the base for my new workbench and the tennons are quite big. I had a little cleaning up and adjusting to do so had been using my LN 140. But the shouldere are quite wide which meant I was not able to get a good grip on the 140. Everything was going well until I bashed my knuckles on the shoulder of the tennon and the 140 slipped and headed south. AHHHHHH! I got my foot out (yes, I'll put my foot out for the 140:D ) which took most of the momentum off but it still landed on the concrete afterwards. It didn't seem to hit very hard more of a belly-flop and appeared OK until I tried to use it again.:eek:
The toe section must have taken the small bump and it is out a fraction. The toe sits up off the wood just a hair.
What should I do?
hold the 140 upsidedown and give the front knob a couple of gentle taps on a bit of softwood to try and twist it back just that little bit?
Or do I have to flatten the whole sole again? I thnk it will remove a lot of material (relatively speaking) and when I put the side plate back on, the plate would tend to twist the plane back to line up with the holes. So I thought maybe a couple of gentle taps to see what happens????
Any advice would be very welcome.
The toe section must have taken the small bump and it is out a fraction. The toe sits up off the wood just a hair.
What should I do?
hold the 140 upsidedown and give the front knob a couple of gentle taps on a bit of softwood to try and twist it back just that little bit?
Or do I have to flatten the whole sole again? I thnk it will remove a lot of material (relatively speaking) and when I put the side plate back on, the plate would tend to twist the plane back to line up with the holes. So I thought maybe a couple of gentle taps to see what happens????
Any advice would be very welcome.