Hand Tools Archive

Subject:
Re: Injustices I've visited upon my planes

TomD
"-Drilled and tapped the sides of cast iron planes to install set screws near the mouth to make lateral adjustments more controllable. (Even did this to my L-N #4.)"

A simple way to get part of that is a droplet of epoxy glue on each side of the mouth. Completely reversible.

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