aesmith
Established Member
Hi,
This is a junk shop purchase, and needed a bit of a clean up before putting into service. What I'm finding is that the plane doesn't seem to run easily on the work, there's more friction and resistance than I'd expect even with a bit of wax. I think I have the sole pretty clean and its smooth to the touch so I'm a bit puzzled.
I'm out of practice because my other bench planes were all bought and/or restored ages ago and I can't remember what I did in the past. Would you normally smooth the sole with Wet & Dry (maybe 400 grit or similar)? Anything else to suggest?
I might have another try with some solvent to see if there's any "gunge" left that I haven't cleaned off - some of the rest of the plane had some strange contamination that turned into black smears while I was cleaning.
Ta in advance, Tony S
This is a junk shop purchase, and needed a bit of a clean up before putting into service. What I'm finding is that the plane doesn't seem to run easily on the work, there's more friction and resistance than I'd expect even with a bit of wax. I think I have the sole pretty clean and its smooth to the touch so I'm a bit puzzled.
I'm out of practice because my other bench planes were all bought and/or restored ages ago and I can't remember what I did in the past. Would you normally smooth the sole with Wet & Dry (maybe 400 grit or similar)? Anything else to suggest?
I might have another try with some solvent to see if there's any "gunge" left that I haven't cleaned off - some of the rest of the plane had some strange contamination that turned into black smears while I was cleaning.
Ta in advance, Tony S
