Plane Tuning.

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beeg
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Plane Tuning.

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Has anyone here tuned their plane? What did ya do and how long did it take?
SS 500(09/1980), DC3300, jointer, bandsaw, belt sander, Strip Sander, drum sanders,molder, dado, biscuit joiner, universal lathe tool rest, Oneway talon chuck, router bits & chucks and a De Walt 735 planer,a #5,#6, block planes. ALL in a 100 square foot shop.
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YES, and this became an on-again off-again obsession. I'm not a plane collector but it was fascinating how nice planes can become.

In one case it was a matter of tightening up a mouth on a cheapo plane, which did help:
https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=5569

In another case an old Great Neck Corsair became a much nicer working plane than a late-model $20 Stanley. This was one old plane that did have some bow to the sole when I got it. I mainly used a 12" SS Sanding Disk to take down the high spots, then I went to manual sandpaper sheets on a flat piece of glass. I read lately somewhere that a guy likes to use WD40 on flat sandpaper for quick truing jobs.
https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=4161

Later in that same thread I made my own wooden plane, which was a joy. And all I used to true its sole was another plane (no jointer, no belt-sander, etc.)

Most recently I went all out to make an infill plane from scratch.
https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=5799

I've read a couple of books on planes and I find them fascinating.

Besides general truing, smoothing, etc., sometimes for very small wood pieces I will put my Plane upside down in a vice or a workmate, and use it as a jointer.
Chris
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