You're right, I read that as a wedge-shaped piece attached to the sole in the
mouth.

Throat closing wedges (of wood) are more common for low angle planes, I think,
because they have more room for chip clearing. Doesn't mean that it wouldn't
work, of course, but what would keep it from acting as a scraper as the sole
wears?

> On May 16, 2014, at 10:28, David Erickson  wrote:
> 
> Also, not to belabor the point, but the examples I have seen so far in this
thread of patches, were patches to the sole.  My “less traditional” alternative
was a steel wedge attached inside the throat.  i.e. a vertical wedge screwed in
the throat mortise that closes it to the desired gap.
>  
> From: David Erickson [mailto:dave@r...] 
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 10:21 AM
> To: 'Zachary Dillinger'; 'Adam R. Maxwell'
> Cc: 'John Holladay'; 'oldtools@r...'
> Subject: RE: [OldTools] The Sole of an Old Beech Jointer
>  
> I’ve seen many resoled planes, often with lignum vitae or ebony.  As to
whether they were old or new resole jobs, couldn’t comment, didn’t look.
>  
> From: Zachary Dillinger [mailto:zacharydillinger@g...]">mailto:zacharydillinger@g...]
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 10:09 AM
> To: Adam R. Maxwell
> Cc: John Holladay; oldtools@r...; David Erickson
> Subject: Re: [OldTools] The Sole of an Old Beech Jointer
>  
> Exactly. I've seen many old patches on wooden planes but I've never seen an
old resole job.
> 
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>  
> 
> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Adam R. Maxwell  wrote:
> I'm with you on patching the mouth! I'm also curious why the OP thinks a
resole is more traditional? I mean, it's a plane, not a boot… :)
> 
> Adam
> 
> > On May 16, 2014, at 10:02, Zachary Dillinger  wrote:
> >
> > Well, I appear to be in the minority, preferring to patch the mouth. Either
> > way will work beautifully if you are careful
>