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"Hand Scraping" plane sole....
Has anyone out there tried this method of flattening a plane sole? Turned an old mill file into a scraper. Diamond (stones) are a woodworkers best friend..... I'm not seeming to have much luck with the ink/dye part. Anyone done this? I spent the day with prussian blue oil paint...- froglips
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- hand scraping plane sole
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- Forum: Hand Tools and their Use
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Flattening the Sole of a Hand Plane
As you can see, I am new to WW and the NCWW net. My wife gave me a new Stanley #4 plane for my birthday recently. I have read that the sole of a new plane should be flattened and smoothed to make it work more smoothly. I have flattened the sole of a couple of old Stanley block planes by...- rick7938
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- flattening hand plane sole
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- Forum: Hand Tools and their Use
