Guys,
I just started to get into woodworking a few months ago and am in the process of aquiring some tools. I bought an old number 7 jointer plane (plastic depth adjustment nut - WWII era?) and spent the last week restoring it. It came out great, but... one thing I noticed was that the sides are slightly out of square with the sole (maybe a 16th of an inch at the worst place). I'm planning to use this plane on a shooting board and with a fence so it would be nice if the sides were square. This isn't something I have seen anyone talk about in all the various handplane tuning videos and articles. Is this something you guys normally try to fix or would you just use the lateral adjusting lever to get the blade square to the fence / shooting board? If it is something you fix, how?
Thanks,
Christian