So I picked up two Sandusky #3 smoothers from an OldTools list member. One had some bad checking, but has a great iron for some plane I'll make, the other has a big mouth, too big to take nice shavings. I drilled and chiseled out the waste to fit a maple scrap, planed flat and filed the mouth 'till a sliver was opened the full width. I still have to finish sharpening the iron, maybe fettle some then see how she cuts. The mouth may need more work after all that.
Here's a shot of the patch on the mouth, it's a little gappy around the front.
Here's an overhead of my sharpening jigs and the smoother iron plus the little #9 1/2 (adjustable mouth block plane, jeff).
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