On Thu, 19 Mar 2015 23:50:57 -0400
Bill wrote:

Roland Johnson gave a great 1 hour talk on the art of refurbishing
ancient cast iron hand planes at the woodworking shows. Do you like
the wooden ones or the cast iron ones better? ; )

I have never had or used a wood plane
aren't they usually larger in size so they have enough mass to give
a consistent cut