Well done. If I ever get both ambitious AND bored at the same time, I'll try resoling one of my old planes...that I only use now and then because it entertains me. Thanks.
Very much enjoying you Transit-plane videos. I bought a couple to play with, so I'm curious as to the ins'n'outs of sole repair. Why do an inlay at the mouth if the sole was new?
That was because it chipped out when cutting the mouth. There was an unseen flaw in the wood that the cutting revealed. Rather then replacing the whole sole again I just replaced the missing part.
I'm restoring my grandfathers old transitional plane and have been thinking about if I should put a new sole on it. What size of the mouth should I aim for?
@@WoodByWright I had to remove quite a lot to bring it to flat so the mouth it is at least 1/4". I guess it's time to find a nice piece of oak. This was a very timely video and nice inspiration!
n00b question alert, but what’s the purpose of that rectangular piece that was spliced into the sole around the 6:55 mark please? Seemed like everything was good with the new sole being flat etc so wasn’t sure why it needed that extra bit?
That piece was behind the blade. Just as I was finishing it up there was a chip out behind the blade and so I decided to fill it in. I talked about it more on the how-to version of the video.
