Recently I purchased a Miller's Falls Jack Plane in very good condition. After cleaning, oiling, and tuning it a bit and replacing the original blade with a sharp one from Hock tools it cuts like a dream, so nicely in fact that I plan to use it as a jumbo smoother rather than a jack.
My only complaint is that there is a huge amount of play in the blade adjuster mechanism. I've heard about bending the stirrup so the legs are closer to the inner faces of the wheel but I've always been hesitant to do that and risk damaging the stirrup. Are there better ways to eliminate most of this slop?
Ken