On Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 3:14:40 PM UTC-6, Markem wrote:

Steve Knight soaked his plane blocks in oil, but not sure what oil,
but I think motor oil.

A tip from Steve at the end of this page 2 of 2 http://showcase.netins.net/web/iabon...building1.html

is to place the block in sawdust to leach out excess oil. Off hand, I wouldn't have thought to use sawdust this way. This article doesn't state what kind of oil.

Sonny