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6th October 2013, 08:54 PM #1
Shoulder plane hit the ground I'm in tears!
Today a devasting day after spending so long making my tool cabinet to protect my tools my biggest fear of dropping them happened. The bullnose plane fell out of the cabinet hit the shoulder plane and they hit the ground. Very little damage happened to the bullnose but the edges on the sholder plane are indented please refer to the pictures to see the damage. How bas is it do I need to reground it or can I still work with it like that. Will it affect my work.
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6th October 2013, 09:36 PM #2Senior Member
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Commiserations! Be assured you're not the first to have this sort of bad luck. From the photos, it appears you have been lucky in your bad luck. The sole and sides of the plane appear un-distorted. As long as the damaged area is indented, and not projecting at all beyond the line of the side or sole, you have nothing to worry about. The plane will register on your work along the sole and the side, not just on the relatively small damaged part of them. If the damaged part is projecting slightly, you will need to carefully grind it back level with the edges. Otherwise just go on with your work. It will not suffer!
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6th October 2013, 10:00 PM #3
...sorry to say but it's stuffed.
Send it up to me and with love and a fair bit of time()
I may be able to help it
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6th October 2013, 10:06 PM #4
I feel the pain also but as has been said the damage is mostly visual. I would lapp it gently on sides and sole to remove any projections. Indents will not affect its use. It will still be far more pristine than my junkyard collection.
Next thing is to get some rubber mat on the floor around the bench.
Regards
John
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6th October 2013, 10:33 PM #5
Can you check what's going on in the circled area? Is that a scratch or a crack where the arrow points?
P1120583.jpgCheers,
Joe
9"thicknesser/planer, 12" bench saw, 2Hp Dusty, 5/8" Drill press, 10" Makita drop saw, 2Hp Makita outer, the usual power tools and carpentry hand tools...
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6th October 2013, 11:41 PM #6
That's a scratch.
"Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen."
Mark Twain
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6th October 2013, 11:49 PM #7Senior Member
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Deep damage from Dr Doggie
Physical dinging of the plane is the slightest of your worries, it looks OK. The profound psychological damage to your self is now the main concern. You will never be able to pick it up again without instant flashback. You need to shift the blame to elsewhere immediately. Do you have a cat, small neighbourhood child, mother in law? I suggest you keep the plane in a sock (or shoe) from now on, preferably on a very low shelf and only bring it out when you need to torture yourself. I hope this has been helpful. There will be a small charge for this consultation.
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7th October 2013, 12:48 AM #8
Damage? Pah! Character.
If my beaten up bullnose works your shoulder plane should be fine Mine is comprised of about 40% of its original material. The first cut is the deepest though. Commiserations.
ImageUploadedByTapatalk1381066991.152608.jpg...I'll just make the other bits smaller.
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7th October 2013, 01:25 AM #9
The sides are slightly protruding they're not sharp and is very small, because the plane hit the floor mostly on the corner it created small lumps on the edges. I'm nervous to ground the edge because I know it is not physically possible to apply equal pressure and I'm worried I will end up tapering it.
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7th October 2013, 04:28 AM #10
Strip the plane until it is a shell.
Now lap the sides on 600 grit wet & dry. This will remove a minimal amount off steel, so you are unlikely to do any harm. All you are aiming for is to remove the burrs from the steel being moved when it received a bump. Decrease the grit to 400 if you need.
It will be as good as new. Even if there was a hollow at the spot you have marked, it would not affect performance. The important aspect of a shoulder plane is the reference from the entire side.
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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7th October 2013, 04:31 AM #11
Thanks Derek will do it today
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7th October 2013, 10:08 AM #12
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7th October 2013, 10:14 AM #13
I appreciate everyones comments but I will do as Derek has advised
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7th October 2013, 01:24 PM #14"Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen."
Mark Twain
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7th October 2013, 08:50 PM #15