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Fixing my dad's Stanley 8 CFW lock plane

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2025-08-27

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Cast iron fixes

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I inherited a small low angle block plane from my dad.

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Nice looking with brass buttons, but upon inspection the blade wasn't straight. +I removed it and checked, it was square and just needed sharpening, but when I looked at the cast iron base, +the seat of the blade at throat level was thicker on one side, making it impossible to align.

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The sides were also both slightly more that 90° which didn't help.

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The easiest solution was to remove the adjustable front throat and reform the blade seat with a file.

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It worked, and after flattening the foot of the plane and sides using sandpaper on a granit slab, + then sharpening the blade I now have a very nice block plane.

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