Tuning Molding Planes
I’m between projects & needing something to do I decided to start back into tuning up some molding planes. I’ve collected a few molding & old wooden planes, which I put into working condition – in the hopes of using them to make my projects. I do as little as possible in this process, keeping as much of the original condition as I can, but still making them useful. I started with a Sash Plane that came missing one iron of two. Fortunately, the missing iron has a straight edge and was easy to create, as opposed to the front iron with the complex profile. I purchased a tapered molding plane blank from Lie Nielsen, the 2” wide flag type. I made a cardboard ...
