This One’s A Head Scratcher
During a recent dive into my inventory of block planes needing restoration the lines of this one caught my eye. It was comely, with a very low angle so I immediately thought it would be a good candidate for me to restore for my son-in-law. Sure it was void of any adjusting controls but he knows how to adjust a plane manually with an iron-setting hammer.
At second glance there was something hinky going on with the plane. Was the iron sitting in the pin?
Once I took it apart the confusion set in. What the heck? The way I read this tool, with the iron not resting over the pin but impaled on the pin, the iron is utterly and completely un-adjustable! In one sense the tool is on the “primitive side” given the ostensible lack of mechanized adjustments. Bur completely un-adjustable? Given the general quality of the plane design and quality execution, I’m just left scratching my head.
At this point I’m noodling soldering on a block over the pin and using the tool as I first figured it was designed. Or is the pin malleable and designed to be whacked back and forth with the iron?
Any thoughts?
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