Here's the truss rod installation. In his book Melvyn Hiscock suggests putting the rod into plastic tubing if the proper sized tubing can be found. I couldn't find it. As an alternative he suggests soda straws. The purpose is to prevent the rod from sticking. The straws I had were a little larger in diameter than the rod so I split them lengthwise so they could wrap around the rod.
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Here's the truss rod installed and ready to be hidden.
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After glue is applied to the sides of the filler strip it is inserted and clamped.
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With the anchor recessed slightly there's no chance of nicking the plane blade during the next step.
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