Hello all, I've been contemplating using a large bench plane as a shooting board plane for some time now, and realized that the plane was under my nose all the time. It is a No6 Stanley type 4 which had definitely seen better days. The sides were slightly pitted, and the wood was in rough shape. Also there was a hole drilled in the side at some point in it's past. I tried it out on a quickly made shooting board and found it kind of hard on the hand to use as a shooter. Since it wasn't in great shape anyway I decided to look at options for some kind of handle to make it more comfortable for permanent shooting duty and ended up using a tote I had lying around. I debated a long time on whether to drill another hole in the cheek for attachent of the tote and finally decided "SCREW IT- this thing has been lying around the shop in ruins for long enough" I hated to do it, but at least this plane will fill a useful spot in my shop. It looks a bit funny, but it works pretty slick. After the modifications I gave it a facelift with new paint, and shellac on the knob and tote-now it just needs a good sharpening to go into service as my new shooter.
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Steve