I picked up this huge W.Butcher plane over the weekend, its been in my fiance's father's attic for 30 years and in a barn for much longer than that. It is 29 1/2" long with a 2 5/8" blade. The wood body has a split all the way through base in front of the blade and a bunch of surface cracks all along the sole. The iron is much thicker than the blades in any of my stanley's, it also has some pretty serious pitting.
I'm trying to figure out the best way to repair this crack. Can I just glue it back together with some yellow glue or would some type of epoxy/filler be better?
Thanks
At 29 1/2" it is longer than my table saw
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There are a lot of splits but only one makes it all the way through, I can move it easily with a little pressure.
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From the bottom
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Next to a quarter for comparison
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The sole has lots of smaller cracks
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