my first infill

[bugbear]

Life (and physics) is very rarely black and white.

But to give an example - a massive thick iron (such as form part of the standard infill) has less need of excellent bedding, since, to some extent, it is its own stabilising mass. However, in the infill, the massive iron will have excellent bedding, Further, it will have a lever cap holding it down extremely firmly. The practical upshot is that edge stabilisation is achieved about three separate ways, which leaves a certain degree of "slack" before performance actually starts to fall away.

BugBear

I thought the whole point about physics was that is testable, verifiable, and therefore ultimately black and white!

Good $DEITY, no! Leaving aside Heisenburg, physics may well be verifiable, but may well give precisely, verifiable, repeatable - shades of gray... Most interesting questions do not have yes/no answers.

... but they don't actually produce a better result than a good bedrock.

Indeed. I specifically asserted they didn't. My point (Joel's point, actually) was that they'll produce those results even when slightly detuned.

BugBear

 

[condeesteso]

If you're ever in the New Forest area drop me an email and you'll be very welcome in my workshop where you can test drive a Holtey, a really good pre-war Norris with the choice of Norris and Holtey irons, Lie Nielsens ranging from Low Angle to the 55 degree frog, Stanley Bedrocks, and Philly wooden bench planes.

Hello Custard... long time no speak!
Would that be the sweetie shop near the end of the A337?
(liking the sound of the new workshop... far too big to be homely but nicely kitted out, warm too.)