I've got one of those planes. It did NOT work "right out of the box" (except as a paper weight). The blade has a back bevel that will require grinding an eighth inch or more from the end. Not having a good way to do that properly (accurately), I just used thge blade to learn…
Read the full replyI stumbled across a podcast series that was a lot like peanuts, I couldn't watch just one. (This probably says more about me than I want any psychakesist to know)
They were all interesting, in their own way, then there was this one:
Hey, a fun project for $9.99, who could resist, right?
Deb
Thanks, Deb. Fun vids.
-- We are always the same age inside. -- Gertrude Stein
Dan, read the post!!
Of course it does not work. But the modification does, and THAT is what the post was about.
Deb
lektric dan wrote:
============================================================================ I did the same thing with a Buck Brothers plane I got from Lowes. Tuned up and blade reground. Tried it out. Works great, or so it did 15 years ago. It's been sitting on the shelf that long.
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