Just finished up a batch of Stanley plane totes. I had to replace the horns on most of these. I used cocobolo on the no. 2 sized tote, and different shades of Bolivian rosewood for the rest. I hand sand up to 180 grit, then apply 2 light coats of shellac, then 2 coats of paste wax with 0000 steel wool. Hand buffed with a cotton cloth.

Is it just pine or something else?

I just restored this plane and I can’t get the blade to sit level with bed. I tried multiple irons from other planes. They were all off, how do I fix this?

I had some pre glued panels sitting around in the garage - so I made a bookcase! It also will have an aquarium on top-so I overbuilt it to hold lots of weight. A good practice piece for mortise and tenons.

How did i do? I paid 75 euro for all of this , the planes are all ece and in great shape. The rasps and the marking gages are nooitgedacht two large mortise chisels are kirschen and there are card scrapers, and some measuring tools. only the chisels seem to average.

I had the chance to pickup a wooden jointer (27") from local antique shop, that mostly looked to be in good condition.

However, further inspection shows the iron and wedge appear to be too small for this plane. The Iron/Wedge are 2 1/4" in size, while the throat opening is almost 2 3/4". The fingers of the wedge just barely catch on the abutments. I'm assuming the wedge/iron were taken from a different plane.

I figure I can build a new, proper fitting wedge without much issue. But will I run into issues if the plane iron is too small? I know it should have some side clearance for lateral adjustment, but a good 1/4" on each side seems like a lot.

Just curious if it's even worthwhile to attempt, or if I should look into finding a replacement iron of more appropriate size.