I've been wanting to add a scrub plane but not enough to pay what they're going for on ebay. Stopped by a flea market today and picked up an old plane that was marked as a #3 that I thought I could change into a scrub. It was only $10 so I figured it was worth a gamble. When I got home and was checking on Blood & Gore I realized that it wasn't a #3 and it looked just like the picture of a scrub. There are no markings on it at all. It measures just under 9" long by 2" wide. The blade has been ground straight across but that's easily taken care of. The sides are not japanned like the description on Blood & Gore mentions, but maybe someone had sanded them off. Did I just luck out and this is actually a scrub? And any suggestions where to find a new bolt and handle to get rid of the nut and washer set up it now has?
Thanks for any advice.
Cliff