Be careful with your tools even if you are just doing something pretty simple and routine. I was cleanup up some uneven surface and glue squeeze out with my block plane and I noticed the blade was leaving marks like it was chipped. So I turned the plane over to look at the blade, which was chipped, but what really caught my eye was the formerly smooth sole of my LN 60 1/2 block plane.
Apparently, the edge of the surface I was leveling had some glue squeeze out up to the edge that had dried hard and pointy, though I have never heard or seen this before. The hard glue then proceeded to scratch up the sole of my block plane and chip the blade...Wow! I know it is hard to tell in the photos but some of those are a little deeper than it seems like glue should be able to do.
I don't think any of that will affect how the plane performs. If it does I suppose I'll be lapping the sole at least a little. And I know next time I'm cleaning up dried glue on uneven surfaces I'll be a lot more careful.
It's still a good looking plane from the top side though ;)
