fingerboard planing

Good afternoon luthiers of TB, I am a luthier who is new to working on Double Bass. Last year, I had removed the original rosewood fingerboard off of my Englehardt M-1 and replaced it with a Macassar ebony fingerboard which I got off an old shroeter that had been sitting a while. The...

I did some searching on fb planing, and found a few threads, but all ending with 'take it to a luthier', or some similar comments. My Eastman has noticeable dents at the common spots on the e and a, and they're buzzing, so time for planing, and I'm definitely going to be doing it myself. There's...