How to fix a mouth repair in a wooden plane?

[mpooley]

Hi all
I have just found a new interest in hand planes after buying a couple of Clifton smoothers ( and lusting after a clifton 3110)

so I thought Id have a go at fettling a couple of old wooden planes Ive had for years sitting around doing nothing

both have sorby "warranted steel" blades but one is near the end of its life -I think theres only about 10mm left :?

the same one has had a mouth repair which is out of shape and has fallen out so I have made a new one-

so my question is - the original repair seems to have had no glue?
or its invisible anyway. so how should i fix it in place?

please 8)

thanks

Mike

 

[Philly]

Mike
I'd glue it in - when its dry give the sole a quick flatten on sandpaper on a flat surface to make sure the sole is flat and the insert is flush.
Hope this helps
Philly

 

[mpooley]

Mike
I'd glue it in - when its dry give the sole a quick flatten on sandpaper on a flat surface to make sure the sole is flat and the insert is flush.
Hope this helps
Philly

Yes thanks thought that was how it would be done but just wanted to check in case i mucked it up :?

Mike

 

[Karl]

What about screwing it in, with countersunk elongated holes?

That way the new piece could become an adjustable mouth - slacken the screws off, adjust the piece accordingly, and re-tighten the screws.

Think I saw something similair in a book - maybe Garratt Hack's The Handplane Book.

Cheers

Karl

 

[mpooley]

What about screwing it in, with countersunk elongated holes?

That way the new piece could become an adjustable mouth - slacken the screws off, adjust the piece accordingly, and re-tighten the screws.

Think I saw something similair in a book - maybe Garratt Hack's The Handplane Book.

Cheers

Karl

the only problem with that is that its a very thin slice of oak

the original one looked like it might have had a slight dovetail on it?

 

[woodbloke]

What about screwing it in, with countersunk elongated holes?

That way the new piece could become an adjustable mouth - slacken the screws off, adjust the piece accordingly, and re-tighten the screws.

Think I saw something similair in a book - maybe Garratt Hack's The Handplane Book.

Cheers

Karl

That's the way I've done mine...counterbored holes though, rather than countersunk. It also means that it's easy to whip out the replacement when it gets worn and screw in a new one - Rob

 

[bugbear]

Hi all
I have just found a new interest in hand planes after buying a couple of Clifton smoothers ( and lusting after a clifton 3110)

so I thought Id have a go at fettling a couple of old wooden planes Ive had for years sitting around doing nothing

both have sorby "warranted steel" blades but one is near the end of its life -I think theres only about 10mm left :?

the same one has had a mouth repair which is out of shape and has fallen out so I have made a new one-

so my question is - the original repair seems to have had no glue?
or its invisible anyway. so how should i fix it in place?

please 8)

thanks

Mike

Charles Hayward says glue - good enough for me.

BugBear

 

[mpooley]

Thanks everyone

as it wont get much use I think I'll glue it :wink:

ta

Mike

 

[MIGNAL]

They usually have a taper - or perhaps we should call it a dovetail. If you glue it in with a water solvent glue it does make future replacement so much easier.

 

[bugbear]

They usually have a taper - or perhaps we should call it a dovetail.

Yes - although (on reflection) I can't work out why; there's very little force in the direction the DT would resist, and the glueing area is big enough to hold a horse anyway!

BugBear

 

[Benchwayze]

Hi all
I have just found a new interest in hand planes after buying a couple of Clifton smoothers ( and lusting after a clifton 3110)

so I thought Id have a go at fettling a couple of old wooden planes Ive had for years sitting around doing nothing

both have sorby "warranted steel" blades but one is near the end of its life -I think theres only about 10mm left :?

the same one has had a mouth repair which is out of shape and has fallen out so I have made a new one-

so my question is - the original repair seems to have had no glue?
or its invisible anyway. so how should i fix it in place?

please 8)

thanks

Mike

Charles Hayward says glue - good enough for me.

BugBear

Dear old Charles. What a dedicated craftsman he was.

John