Thread: Wooden Plane - The Wedge is Stuck

If the sole needs much work you will be a long time starting at 320g. I started at 120 and finished it off at 240. Being such a long plane I got a pac of longish sanding belts and opened them up at the glue join. Clamped the strip to the tablesaw wing and had an upper body workout. I found this video that mostly explains things for that sort of plane. One thing he did not do however was have the iron and wedge in when he flattened the sole.
Restoring an antique wooden jointer plane for use. William Greenslade of Bristol, circa 1890-1940. - YouTube
Here is a professional doing it but it was mostly flat to start with.
Flattening the sole of a Wooden Hand Plane with Phil Edwards - YouTube
I treated mine to a couple of coats of boiled linseed oil and just waxed the sole with a paste wax polish
All the best with the restoration.
John

Yes John, I may have to start with a coarser grit if the sole is not reasonably flat.
Thanks for the two YouTubes too. I am interested in the Teak Oil used in one of them. Had not heard of such an oil before.

Cheers Yvan

I did a look for what is in teak oil and it is just thinned down tung or linseed or a mixture of both.
How to Make Your Own Teak Oil | Hunker
Linseed oil has always been the traditional oil for wood planes anyhow.
Regards
John

Originally Posted by yvan

The sole hasn't been touched but my intention is to fettle it with 320/400 grit paper stuck to a 9mm pane of glass. I plane to use a mix of beeswax and gun turpentine to wax the surfaces once clean.

Yvan
why are you contemplating using an abrasive to true the sole of your plane?

Not that I own many woodies, but I always understood that wooden plane soles were trued using a jointer plane -- preferably longer than the plane being worked on.
If necessary, the plane's mouth is closed up using a wooden insert.

Hi Ian,

I do not have a longer plane available to true the sole.
The pane of glass is 1000mm x 150mm and should do the trick.

Cheers Yvan

the issue with using abrasive paper on glass is the possibility that abrasive particles will dislodge from the paper and become embedded in the woody's sole.
If you have an iron plane that is shorter than the woody you just need to be a little more careful when planing the sole.



Remember, that wood sticks longer than 8 feet can be edge jointed with a hand plane. The plane you use doesn't need to be longer than the woody's sole, it's just a preference