What to do with a broken Base Bench Plane.

Turn it into a scraper plane - that's what.
Here is a clever use of those remaining parts when the iron bench plane base was damaged beyond repair, or a cheap scraper plane was needed and made from a spare plane body and bits.
See:
RECORD Tools England Vintage 4-1/2 Scraper Hand Plane - eBay, Planes, Tools, Hardware, Locks, Collectables. (end time 07-Jun-10 19:30:54 AEST)

The ingenuity of woodies always amazes me.
SG

Brilliant
:)

A transitional scraper.
;)

Good grief.

Looks a pox.

But if it works .... ?

Now that's a transitional plane.

I really like it. What a great piece of ingenuity and improvisation.

Are you there Jim Davey? I challenge you to repair that one!

Cheerio,
Virg.

Cute, he could have cleaned up the timber a little though, saw marks etc down the sides:doh::U

I think its a brilliant adaptation to what would have been a definite throw away item. Got to give him full points for thinking outside the square. :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

Yeah, very clever. Almost convinces me to make one... almost.

I agree that he could have made it prettier.

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Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Cute, he could have cleaned up the timber a little though, saw marks etc down the sides:doh::U

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If onlly ihe hadn't broken his only plane!