Hand Tools Archive

Subject:
substrate for flattening a plane

eliotandmax
I see videos and such about using granite under sandpaper or emery to flatten a hand plane. I've done it with a piece of plate glass. Is there something better about granite? Plate glass seems to work fine for me.

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