CroppyBoy1798
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Visited an antique/brick a brack/junk shop today and of course there just had to be a dozen or more planes in various forms on the ground didnt there!!!! Sighhh......had to dig in, came out with a few goodies, I think 
Picked up this foreplane with Marples blade for my new shooting board. Planed and flatened the sole and side to use on the board and added a side handle for ease of use (yes I know, I'd have preferred slotted screws too but havent got any long enough at the moment!)
Board is made of 3/4" ply base, 1" man-og-any flatform and the track is a laminated floorboard back, ripped a piece off on the bandsaw, provides a nice smooth track!.
The fence is of beech and has a secondary fence bolted onto it. Even though the main base is pretty good I wanted something I could shim to get exact 90/45's etc
Picked up a few molding planes and a rabbet plane.
First one is interesting, do you reckon that it was altered for 'scooping out' work? cant work as a molding plane anymore can it??
Got this blade then, figured it might come in handy for something, some new plane project, any ideas anyone?? What would it have come out of originally?
Then I picked up a good Rob Sorby 2" iron and cap iron that I had intended on using in a woodie project. However, when looking at a wreck of a No4 I was given (was gonna clean it up just for general, rough carpentry use) I tried the Sorby iron in it without the cap iron and it fitted! The lever cap seems to hold it pretty tight too! With the lateral adjuster adopted it sits flat against the frog too and actually planes wood pretty well! (with a very quick sharpen I gave the blade)
Has anyone ever tried to adapt a plane in this manner succesfully or should I let the idea go?? Cant remember ever seeing any images or talk of such a conversion, but surely someone has tried it?? Ok obviousy the height adjustment well is redundant as is the lateral adjuster but itd still be easier to adjust than a woodie I reckon. Although, perhaps a piece could be welded into the centre of the blade with a slot in it to allow for the height adjustment to be used?
Oh and I also got a little block plane too! :mrgreen: Nice thick blade in it, looks to have been never used (no hammer marks anywhere). Its marked 'Foreign' on the blade and body.
Think thats all......... (hammer)
Picked up this foreplane with Marples blade for my new shooting board. Planed and flatened the sole and side to use on the board and added a side handle for ease of use (yes I know, I'd have preferred slotted screws too but havent got any long enough at the moment!
)
Board is made of 3/4" ply base, 1" man-og-any flatform and the track is a laminated floorboard back, ripped a piece off on the bandsaw, provides a nice smooth track!.
The fence is of beech and has a secondary fence bolted onto it. Even though the main base is pretty good I wanted something I could shim to get exact 90/45's etc
Picked up a few molding planes and a rabbet plane.
First one is interesting, do you reckon that it was altered for 'scooping out' work? cant work as a molding plane anymore can it??
Got this blade then, figured it might come in handy for something, some new plane project, any ideas anyone?? What would it have come out of originally?
Then I picked up a good Rob Sorby 2" iron and cap iron that I had intended on using in a woodie project. However, when looking at a wreck of a No4 I was given (was gonna clean it up just for general, rough carpentry use) I tried the Sorby iron in it without the cap iron and it fitted! The lever cap seems to hold it pretty tight too! With the lateral adjuster adopted it sits flat against the frog too and actually planes wood pretty well! (with a very quick sharpen I gave the blade)
Has anyone ever tried to adapt a plane in this manner succesfully or should I let the idea go?? Cant remember ever seeing any images or talk of such a conversion, but surely someone has tried it?? Ok obviousy the height adjustment well is redundant as is the lateral adjuster but itd still be easier to adjust than a woodie I reckon. Although, perhaps a piece could be welded into the centre of the blade with a slot in it to allow for the height adjustment to be used?
Oh and I also got a little block plane too! :mrgreen: Nice thick blade in it, looks to have been never used (no hammer marks anywhere). Its marked 'Foreign' on the blade and body.
Think thats all......... (hammer)
