I was on another forum… a Patreon forum, as I’ve realized I should pay for all this knowledge from places like SawmillCreek and some YT knowledge providers. I saw a Stanley #4 29(?) smoother from early’60s… for $40 + freight.
Well, got it today, first thing I saw was bad pitting on the sole. Tonight I took it down and lapped it a bit. There’s been so much rust at some point, and possibly an errant file, maybe, that the throat was slightly oval in the middle. In addition, there’s so much metal missing it’s like a toothless old mouth on a wooden nutcracker. There isn’t enough metal to file it and lap it.
Anyone got a Tokamak grinder? That’s what it would take. On a serious note, I guess I can make a scrub out of it. Or sell parts. The rest of it looks good. Just that sole looks like it sat on a wet sponge for a decade.
Tokamak = fusion = addition of metal…. 🤣