Racers
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Hi Chaps
While searching for some tap washers I found this Workzone plane.
Workzone scrub plane conversion by Racers, on Flickr
As you can see it was reduced, so I bought intending to make a scrub plane out of it.
So after drawing a 150mm radius on the blade I ground it back to the line, then sharpened it.
I widened the mouth with a coping saw.
Workzone scrub plane conversion by Racers, on Flickr
And tested it on some Iroko.
Workzone scrub plane conversion by Racers, on Flickr
I did smooth the corner of the block at the back where your thumb goes to make it handle a bit better, but it took me only about 20 minutes to do the whole conversion.
Pete
While searching for some tap washers I found this Workzone plane.
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/de7/de7335b219d3a9d4903d3333ea01ce15.jpg)
As you can see it was reduced, so I bought intending to make a scrub plane out of it.
So after drawing a 150mm radius on the blade I ground it back to the line, then sharpened it.
I widened the mouth with a coping saw.
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/9fe/9fe0a7acfac50b390780e30ed0320f94.jpg)
And tested it on some Iroko.
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b10/b102d3bde9f80ef0acdc45ed2de74617.jpg)
I did smooth the corner of the block at the back where your thumb goes to make it handle a bit better, but it took me only about 20 minutes to do the whole conversion.
Pete