(01-04-2017, 08:36 PM)Admiral Wrote: Yeah, it got bonded and fixed in place over time. Bill's advice is spot on. WD 40 does you no good at all, so get yourself some penetrating oil like liquid wrench or PB blaster. If you've taken off the knob and adjuster, fill up the recess and let it sit overnight, try some more tapping, and if no joy, fill 're up again then try tapping again. Repeat until success, it will eventually loosen up. Patience is your friend. I would not under any circumstances use heat to break the bond.
I've never had a LN with this issue, but untold numbers of block planes, and this has worked for me. Also, the LN is ductile iron, much, much less likely to fracture during this process. Alternative is to send off to LN for repair, which they will be happy to do.
I sprayed it with liquid wrench when I got home from "work" last night and it easily tapped free this morning. That's the compartment for the adjustable shoe to the right in the picture. This relatively light film of rust was the culprit.
It's cleaned and waxed and good as new. Bill and Admiral, if you're ever in Vegas, the first beer is on me. Thanks for the help.
It must have been rusted in place for years. I have lived here in Vegas for five years, and rust simply isn't an issue in 7% humidity. Back east, though, in Virginia Beach, was basically like living underwater.
guess I'll make a point of adjusting the plane mouth more than once a decade.
Also, I thought this was a funny entry into the "your memory isn't as good as you think it is" files: If you had asked me any time in the last 7 or 8 years, I would have told you that back in 2006 or whenever, I had purchased the Veritas Low Angle Jack plane. I can't tell you how shocked and confused i was when I saw "Lie Nielsen" on the toe of this plane while I was trying to adjust the mouth. SMH, premature senility, I guess.
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