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    Shoulder plane repair

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    This is a Record 042 shoulder plane, which had broken in half. It was given to me by a colleague, after a pupil dropped it. They break very easily, since there is very little metal in the middle

    I took a picture of the two halves but unfortunately it will not upload.

    The two halves are sandwiched between 2 plates of brass. 3 holes were drilled and tapped for the few brass screws I had available: one 1/4” BSW, the other M4 and a little one, which is BA! Thinking that 3 screws were insufficient, I epoxied the plates as well.

    Then I cut off all the surplus brass.

    For the replacement blade, which needs to be 1&1/4”, I found an old skew rebate plane blade, the right width. I cut a piece of mild steel, slotted it for the adjustment whee, and welded it onto the end.
    Can’t show that picture, it won’t upload either.
    I had to grind off the skewed bevel, of course before sharpening.

    Before putting in the blade, I had to flat the sole, which I did on a broken abrasive belt, taped to flat chipboard. This showed that there had probably been distortion in the plane originally, so it would have been under tension before it was dropped.
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    This is the bit I welded on, before cleaning up. I avoided welding over the makers stamp: it looks like a pepper pot.

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    Always nice to salvage an item most would disregard.

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