Repairs to "Micro Greenie"
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:46 pm
For some time I've had a small Kunz plane that didn't cut very nice.
I learned a few things from Nick's finger-plane video:
http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/SS_Arch ... _Index.htm
I realized the main thing I needed to do was make the mouth-opening a lot tighter. I figured I'd play with this thing rather than make a whole new plane right away.
Sorry these pictures aren't super-quality, but the wood shavings now are! I closed up the mouth a bit (about 1/16" or 3/32" build-up) with J-B Weld; you can just make out the 'metal' color difference in the first photo. We'll see how it holds up.
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I learned a few things from Nick's finger-plane video:
http://www.shopsmithacademy.com/SS_Arch ... _Index.htm
I realized the main thing I needed to do was make the mouth-opening a lot tighter. I figured I'd play with this thing rather than make a whole new plane right away.
Sorry these pictures aren't super-quality, but the wood shavings now are! I closed up the mouth a bit (about 1/16" or 3/32" build-up) with J-B Weld; you can just make out the 'metal' color difference in the first photo. We'll see how it holds up.
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