Thread: Wooden Shoulder Plane

I would do exactly what you suggest in the last line of the post... carefully.

This is one of the main reasons I typically avoid buying beat up wooden bodied planes. I find the task of re-shaping the blade to be a bit trying on my patience.

But the reward is often worth the toil, especially for something like a wooden rebate plane. I have an HNT Gordon rebate plane that I use on almost every project I build. I think you'll be happy with the results you get.

Cheers,
Luke

Looks a bit mismatched to me; any chance it could be a skewed iron put into a wrong plane?

Thanks Luke. Chief ... it's highly possible. Grandfather had an old steel chest full of moulding planes, rebate planes, bead planes etc. Of the lot, this and a rebate plane were the cleanest and I figure the most recently used (mind you ... he passed away 25+ years ago). I might have a hunt and see if I can find a square blade

Looks like it has been re-soled at some stage so must have been well loved.

Originally Posted by Glenn.Visca

..... I might have a hunt and see if I can find a square blade.....

I think you should certainly do that, Glen. I reckon that blade is way too far off square to be 'accidental'. With luck, you might find the skewed rebate it belongs to, perhaps wearing the square blade that belongs in this one.

Looks like it's been re-soled, alright. Note the 'mistake' in that the grain of the new sole piece dips down toward the toe. Standard practice is to put it the other way so you're not 'picking-up' the grain as you plane. Could be that it was intended to be the 'right' way, but granpa got distracted and glued it back-to front. I did something very similar the other day. I think it has something to do with being a grandpa.....

Cheers,