Wanted to have a smaller plane dedicated to random work in the shop and home.
Bought a #4 plane, and probably overpaid. Cleaned it up, painted the japaning, lapped sole and sides lightly, epoxied the broken front knob, added shim to stop the rear handle from moving, and lightly lapped the frog.
Sole is not perfectly flat but plane gets .002" shavings so stopped lapping before doing any damage. Knobs and handle seem to be rosewood. Sadly, front knob broke into 3 pieces after removing paint. Ended up epoxying the pieces together. They got finished with garnet shellac. With dark color epoxy lines are barely visible.
Currently, it's seeing decent use in cleaning up plywood edges for a wall to wall showcase I am building.
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