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. A much better
 plan is to let them soak in linseed oil for a week, and rub them with
 a cloth for a few minutes every day for a week or two. This produces
a
 beautiful surface, and at the same time exerts a solidifying and
 preservative action on the wood"

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	I remember reading somewhere that new wooden plane bodies could be
taken to an "ironmongers" and for a fee left immersed in a barrel of
linseed oil reserved for this purpose.  My linking this with the word
ironmonger probably means a UK source but I can't find it at the
moment

	 

	Neil