Truing The Sole Of A Very Large Plane
Aug 14th, 2009 by Doug Berch
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Doug Berch
Musician and Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer Maker
Doug… thirty odd years ago, before the advent of the Flat Sole Society, I simply did what you did. I had an early diamond stone from Woodcraft. It worked well too. Periodic checking with a straightedge and I had a plane or two that worked just fine. I did have a set of feeler gauges from when cars needed them but never thought to use it.
I wonder if the Dominy’s had diamond stones or feeler gauges?
Gary
I figured I wasn’t the first! I did use some feeler gauges to make sure my eye was seeing things correctly. The thinnest I had was .003 it wouldn’t fit between the straight edge and sole.