Also, not to belabor the point, but the examples I have seen so far in this
thread of patches, were patches to the sole.  My “less traditional” alternative
was a steel wedge attached inside the throat.  i.e. a vertical wedge screwed in
the throat mortise that closes it to the desired gap.

 

From: David Erickson [mailto:dave@r...] 
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 10:21 AM
To: 'Zachary Dillinger'; 'Adam R. Maxwell'
Cc: 'John Holladay'; 'oldtools@r...'
Subject: RE: [OldTools] The Sole of an Old Beech Jointer

 

I’ve seen many resoled planes, often with lignum vitae or ebony.  As to whether
they were old or new resole jobs, couldn’t comment, didn’t look.

 

From: Zachary Dillinger [mailto:zacharydillinger@g...]">mailto:zacharydillinger@g...]
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 10:09 AM
To: Adam R. Maxwell
Cc: John Holladay; oldtools@r...; David Erickson
Subject: Re: [OldTools] The Sole of an Old Beech Jointer

 

Exactly. I've seen many old patches on wooden planes but I've never seen an old
resole job.




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On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Adam R. Maxwell mailto:amaxwell@m...">mailto:amaxwell@m...> > wrote:

I'm with you on patching the mouth! I'm also curious why the OP thinks a resole
is more traditional? I mean, it's a plane, not a boot… :)

Adam


> On May 16, 2014, at 10:02, Zachary Dillinger mailto:zacharydillinger@g...">mailto:zacharydillinger@g...> > wrote:
>
> Well, I appear to be in the minority, preferring to patch the mouth. Either
> way will work beautifully if you are careful