Thread: Shoulder plane hit the ground I'm in tears!

Commiserations! Be assured you're not the first to have this sort of bad luck. From the photos, it appears you have been lucky in your bad luck. The sole and sides of the plane appear un-distorted. As long as the damaged area is indented, and not projecting at all beyond the line of the side or sole, you have nothing to worry about. The plane will register on your work along the sole and the side, not just on the relatively small damaged part of them. If the damaged part is projecting slightly, you will need to carefully grind it back level with the edges. Otherwise just go on with your work. It will not suffer!

...sorry to say but it's stuffed.
Send it up to me and with love and a fair bit of time()
I may be able to help it

I feel the pain also but as has been said the damage is mostly visual. I would lapp it gently on sides and sole to remove any projections. Indents will not affect its use. It will still be far more pristine than my junkyard collection.
Next thing is to get some rubber mat on the floor around the bench.
Regards
John

Can you check what's going on in the circled area? Is that a scratch or a crack where the arrow points?
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That's a scratch.

Originally Posted by section1

Today a devasting day after spending so long making my tool cabinet to protect my tools my biggest fear of dropping them happened. The bullnose plane fell out of the cabinet hit the shoulder plane and they hit the ground. Very little damage happened to the bullnose but the edges on the sholder plane are indented please refer to the pictures to see the damage. How bas is it do I need to reground it or can I still work with it like that. Will it affect my work.

Physical dinging of the plane is the slightest of your worries, it looks OK. The profound psychological damage to your self is now the main concern. You will never be able to pick it up again without instant flashback. You need to shift the blame to elsewhere immediately. Do you have a cat, small neighbourhood child, mother in law? I suggest you keep the plane in a sock (or shoe) from now on, preferably on a very low shelf and only bring it out when you need to torture yourself. I hope this has been helpful. There will be a small charge for this consultation.

Damage? Pah! Character.

If my beaten up bullnose works your shoulder plane should be fine Mine is comprised of about 40% of its original material. The first cut is the deepest though. Commiserations.

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The sides are slightly protruding they're not sharp and is very small, because the plane hit the floor mostly on the corner it created small lumps on the edges. I'm nervous to ground the edge because I know it is not physically possible to apply equal pressure and I'm worried I will end up tapering it.

Strip the plane until it is a shell.

Now lap the sides on 600 grit wet & dry. This will remove a minimal amount off steel, so you are unlikely to do any harm. All you are aiming for is to remove the burrs from the steel being moved when it received a bump. Decrease the grit to 400 if you need.

It will be as good as new. Even if there was a hollow at the spot you have marked, it would not affect performance. The important aspect of a shoulder plane is the reference from the entire side.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Thanks Derek will do it today

Originally Posted by Berlin

Damage? Pah! Character.

If my beaten up bullnose works your shoulder plane should be fine Mine is comprised of about 40% of its original material. The first cut is the deepest though. Commiserations.

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Arrgghh . A bit of warning before you post that photo again Berlin. I was just recovering from the last thread.

I appreciate everyones comments but I will do as Derek has advised

Originally Posted by Berlin

Damage? Pah! Character.

If my beaten up bullnose works your shoulder plane should be fine Mine is comprised of about 40% of its original material. The first cut is the deepest though. Commiserations.

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I love that plane, it's the most beautiful plane ever, post it everyday, make it your avatar! Write a song about it, make a video. I'm going away now.

Originally Posted by TobyC

I love that plane, it's the most beautiful plane ever, post it everyday, make it your avatar! Write a song about it, make a video. I'm going away now.

Wow the little guy's really touched a nerve. I'll have to post a few more implements from the torture chamber and keep all your teeth on edge.