Joe Schmit
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If backlash is a big deal for you, Wood by Wright sells a Reed replacement depth adjustment kit.

I once asked him what it meant. He came up with the term. Since he's the only one who uses it, it doesn't mean anything in the wider vintage tool...

An iron and chipbreaker will cost you upwards of $50. The plane is useless as it is. I'd offer them $30.

Time will tell, those two above were fitted as just a few weeks ago. Were your handles fitted?

That gap in the stanley chisel and others I have. When I grasp it, the rim of the socket digs into the skin of my palm when I tighten my grip while...

Aren't you supposed to fit this type of handles? The inside of my old chisel sockets are not smooth, the fit takes advantage of that. The picture...

I'd argue that the only place where the iron needs to be aligned (and sticking out a little) to the side of the plane is the circled area. Trying to...

If I were you, I'd adjust the plane so that I can take even shavings, regardless of whether the iron is perfectly aligned to the sides. Just treat it...

I haven't tried to use the grits you have, only coarse SiC grits on float glass to refurbish oil and water stones. I tried using SiC on float...

You may have run out of steel and/or hardened steel that close to the shoulders of the chisels.