My friends daughter purchased a block plane and a smoothing plane from Sears. On the package it indicated that it was made in England, i think only the blade was made in England. The sole of the planes needs a lot of work, what is the best way for her to accomplish this task, she insists on doing it herself.
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Have her start by watching the first podcast at this link below. Among other things, the author demonstrates a technique for flattening planes.
http://www.woodworkingonline.com/category/podcast/
Norman
Edited 6/25/2008 2:09 pm ET by nboucher
There's also good information here on FineWoodworking.Com, including this video featuring Chris Gochnour:
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/SkillsAndTechniques/SkillsAndTechniquesArticle.aspx?id=5218
Good luck,
David Heim
Managing Editor
FineWoodworking.com
Thanks the video is great, i guess it's all about elbow grease.
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