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<h2>Fixing my dad's Stanley 8 CFW lock plane</h2>
<h3>2025-08-27</h3>
<h4>Cast iron fixes</h4>
<p>I inherited a small low angle block plane from my dad.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The sides were also both slightly more that 90° which didn't help.</p>
<p>The easiest solution was to remove the adjustable front throat and reform the blade seat with a file.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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