David Conley
Well-known member
Time for another good discussion for the New Year!!
For Christmas I received some old wooden hand planes. The one I am most interested in is a 1 inch Bullnose plane made by Sandusky Tool Co. I tuned it up and started using it.
After about 3, maybe 4 passes, the throat jams with wood shavings. It appears to me that a previous owner had problems with the plane and tried to fix it by opened up the mouth. The problem is the narrowest place in the throat is now about a half an inch into the body and away from the mouth. As you would expect, the chips jam in the narrowest part of the throat. I need to repair this plane by gluing in a wedge (thickest part towards the mouth) to reestablish the throat’s straight lines. I plan to reshape the mouth with plane floats.
My questions to the group for discussions are: 1) How would you prepare the throat for a repair? 2) What type of wood would you use, beech, boxwood, or a harder wood? 3) What type of glue wood you use.
Thanks and Happy New Year!
David
For Christmas I received some old wooden hand planes. The one I am most interested in is a 1 inch Bullnose plane made by Sandusky Tool Co. I tuned it up and started using it.
After about 3, maybe 4 passes, the throat jams with wood shavings. It appears to me that a previous owner had problems with the plane and tried to fix it by opened up the mouth. The problem is the narrowest place in the throat is now about a half an inch into the body and away from the mouth. As you would expect, the chips jam in the narrowest part of the throat. I need to repair this plane by gluing in a wedge (thickest part towards the mouth) to reestablish the throat’s straight lines. I plan to reshape the mouth with plane floats.
My questions to the group for discussions are: 1) How would you prepare the throat for a repair? 2) What type of wood would you use, beech, boxwood, or a harder wood? 3) What type of glue wood you use.
Thanks and Happy New Year!
David