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ps: There is a reason they call them power tools,
some even come with motors these days!
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2 Things - this wasn't a power plane. It was a plain old #2 hand plane, and I wasn't even WORKING in the shop, I won't do that with no one home - I was cleaning up, to look for a tool that I could not find, when the plane fell off the bench.
Last night when I felt better, I went downstairs, retracted the blade, cleaned off the blood (so it would not rust), put it in it's box, and put it back in it's proper place on the shelf (it was in the proper place, but not properly put away). I still have not found what I was looking for (a reloading press) - have NO idea where that is hiding