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"srazor"

28/08/2006 10:28 PM

Re Fixing the yoke on a Jack Plane

The yoke (not the tote) can be broken by trying to close the gap between the yoke and blade depth adjusting screw via bending the Y portion of the yoke to reduce slop. Patrick Leach (http://www.supertool.com) says NOT to do this. I have driven out the yoke mounting pin by pre-driling and the extracting (used up 4 drill bits, they kept snapping off). Given that one can purchase a #5 frog for <$10 I would opt for that repair route. Its not worth the headache of replacing the toke.

Scot