I'd soak em in BLO.

Sent from the seat of my pants

> On Apr 22, 2015, at 2:42 PM, Mark Jefferis  wrote:
> 
> I have picked up a wooden body jack plane and a smoother. They have small'ish
checks/cracks in them that I'd like to stabilize. What is the best method?
> 
> I assume I should inject glue into the checks and then clamp to some degree.
Dry clamping does not completely close them up. 
> 
> These are my first wooden planes and I'm really looking forward to using them.
> 
> Mark
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