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Making a dovetailed skew mouth rebate chariot plane.  
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The brass tails were annealed before assembly to make certain they would work properly into the relief cut. Just up to cherry red with the oxy / gas torch then left to cool. I used a cross peen hammer ( Warrington) to move the brass initially, then a smallish ball-peen hammer to make certain it went right into the recesses in the base. Working it upside down, I rested the top of the brass sides on a steel block, then over the same steel block to get it all squared up. After the brass was finished, I went around the steel with the ball-peen hammer to make sure it was all snug. 

This went VERY quickly, the tops of the sides were slightly mushroomed over, but quickly got back to shape with a few taps of the hammer over the steel block.

Back into the vice and the sides and base are filed. The T & G joint in the base looks a real treat

Next step is to make the infills, and then to cut the side opening.

The base will need some lapping, but I will wait until the infill is in to make certain I get it perfectly flat.

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