Repurposing a #4 into a scrub plane - good idea?

[Joe Bailey]

There is a bone in my wrist right at the point of the arrow and . . .

A real woodworker would have that bone removed


btw - the line about the arrow tattoo was pretty good

[Michael Ray Smith]

I'm using a Stanley 5 1/4 as a scrub plane now. Sold my No. 40. I filed open the mouth a bit and rounded the blade -- not sure of the radius because I eye-balled it, but not as tight as the radius on the No. 40 blade. I set the chipbreaker right at the corners of the edge of the blade. Works fine -- not as agressive as the No. 40, but I didn't want it to be. Don't know why it wouldn't work with a No. 4, although the wider you get the less aggressive you'll want to set the blade. You wouldn't want to try to take as deep a cut with a No. 4 or No. 5 as you would with a No. 40.

[Mike Cherry]

A real woodworker would have that bone removed


btw - the line about the arrow tattoo was pretty good

I concur the arrow joke was hilarious lol!

[Winton Applegate]

A real woodworker would have that bone removed

And don't you think I don't wanna be a "real woodworker" (someday) . . .
I immediately realized the sacrifice that HAD to be made.
Set up an appointment with the Doc . . .
well . . .
long story short . . .
he got in there . . .
and . . . .
discovered that the string that holds me together . . .
what are the chances ?
The string that goes through all the other pivoty bits is ANCHORED at that bone. To remove it or alter it in any way would instantly and permanently put me in a wheel chair (or I believe the term he used was "basket").
He still charged me though.
Puts me back another year affording that new Marcou plane too.
I ammmmm deeeeeeeeeeepressed.
Oh well that's the way it goes.
Spend your life banging your bone and then you die.