March 25, 201412 yr Seems a couple planes needed their soles worked on.  Mainly that Victor #1104. Set up a little sanding station.   Tile for a base, belt from a beltsander stretched across it. Couple of other sanding strips under the belt to tighten things up. A sharpie to mark a few lines across the soleThen sand away all the black lines. Almost thereClose enough for the girls I go with.... Had two other lanes in need of some work, A Dunlap (Millers Falls) #3DBB, and a York Pitch #3 Dunlap from West Germany.  The irons on all three were retracted before any sanding was done.  While they were out and about, had a new Metal Polish to try out.   Called "Never Dull"  Padding Polish.   You tear off a chunk of wadding from inside a can, holding your nose as you go.  PEEE-UUUUUU!   Stinks.   Polished all three planes up, nice and shinyL to R:  Spare iron, Victor #1104, Dunlap #3DBB, and that West Germany Dunlap with the York Pitch frog. Ok, Fashion show is over, time to try out a couple of theseWhat s it with this plane?  Camera Shy? Anyway, a piece of KNOTTY Pine as a test track. Took awhile to get the iron out enough to get a decent shaving.  It is now almost full width, too.    As for that BIG Knot, that is where a Yorkie works bestNot too bad, but found a few nicks in the edge, so this one will go to the Sharpening Station, later.  It MIGHT have to wait in line, thoughThese are the ones not IN the tool chest.  Now, I have to go and clean the hands up.  Sanding a lot of cast iron leaves the hands nice and black... Planer? I'm the 'planer', and these are what I use...
March 26, 201412 yr Looking good Steve. I'm with you on getting the hands black when sanding cast iron. John MoodySite Administratorhttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com“Don’t make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary and useful, don’t hesitate to make it beautiful.†Shaker Saying
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