I cleaned and am currently trying to flatten the Fulton Low Angle block plane that I have.
I have a granite slab and have been using sandpaper to get it done.
I have been at it for a few hours now.
Turns out that there are 2 spots that actually have little dips in the sole...
They are about the size of a dime.
The dips are near the edge on the front left corner and rear left corner. The dips do not go all the way to the end of the sole so they are not causing the sole tip like a table with a leg too short.........and are not terribly close to the throat of the plane.
What is so odd to me about this is that this is an 80 y/o plane.
This is not some cheap knockoff from China.
Am I just being too sensitive about these dips? I imagine that this thing was used at some time in the past and wonder why a woodworker would have accepted this flaw if it mattered?
I do not mind to keep working on this but it also occurred to me that I might, at some point, compromise the sole if I work too long on this.
Thoughts?
Comments?
I have a granite slab and have been using sandpaper to get it done.
I have been at it for a few hours now.
Turns out that there are 2 spots that actually have little dips in the sole...
They are about the size of a dime.
The dips are near the edge on the front left corner and rear left corner. The dips do not go all the way to the end of the sole so they are not causing the sole tip like a table with a leg too short.........and are not terribly close to the throat of the plane.
What is so odd to me about this is that this is an 80 y/o plane.
This is not some cheap knockoff from China.
Am I just being too sensitive about these dips? I imagine that this thing was used at some time in the past and wonder why a woodworker would have accepted this flaw if it mattered?
I do not mind to keep working on this but it also occurred to me that I might, at some point, compromise the sole if I work too long on this.
Thoughts?
Comments?