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Thread: Ulmia horn loose - should these be glued?

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    Ulmia horn loose - should these be glued?

    I have a few Ulmia wood planes, and the one I'm asking about is my scrub plane.
    Naturally, there's a fair amount of torque on it, since at present I'm smoothing some chain-sawn Elm.
    The horn is held by a the body by a sliding dovetail and the meat is into a drilled recess. It's loose enough I can remove it fairly easily by hand (I have arthritis).
    It was a gift from an estate, to giving it back to the dealer isn't an option.
    Do I glue it, or use my use my #3 - modified into scrub Stanley, and put the wood plane on a shelf as an ornament?
    Young enough to remember doing it;
    Old enough to wish I could do it again.

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    I picked up a horned German type smoothing plane a few years ago, and the horn was loose like yours. I epoxied it in, and I haven't regretted it.

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    Yes, glued! They often come loose.

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    They not only come loose, but the horn gets lost too! Picked one up for next to nothing and now have to make a horn to fit.
    Life's too short to use old sandpaper.

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