the glue is quite high and messes up the plane blade so with a bit of hot water I will remove it

after cleaning the glue up is is a nice surface, once it is dry I will start to plane it all flat

using the bottom plate to check the ribs for high and low spots

CRW_7774-1.jpgyou can see the gap here but it is only about .004" wide

using yellow chalk to mark where I have to plane down

the bottom of the ribs are now level