My LN No 4 1/2 and European Oak

[matthewwh]

you'd be astonished how much work some people will do to save themselves £18.

 

[mr grimsdale]

Surely if you are producing a temporary back bevel that you later intend to remove then using 'the dip' would extend the back bevel further up the back of the blade .....

Not a big dip - just a more relaxed approach to the bevel, as everybody including BB seems to find a fixed flat bevel difficult to do hand held. That's because it is! Whereas just hitting the angle to start with and dipping very slightly is much easier and gives the same result. It is hardly any different but just doesn't look as trim under the magnifying glass.
Saving £18 for a spare blade? You can save more than that on ebay and buy a whole plane such as a Record no4, from £5 upwards. Have that for the back bevel and you don't need to change the blades either.

Cheaper still - my back bevelled plane is an Acorn No4 which cost nothing - I found it in a box of abandoned bric-a-brac. :lol: It works well too.

 

[bugbear]

Cheaper still - my back bevelled plane is an Acorn No4 which cost nothing - I found it in a box of abandoned bric-a-brac. It works well too.

So why did you buy a blingy new bedrock plane?!?!

BugBear

 

[mr grimsdale]

Cheaper still - my back bevelled plane is an Acorn No4 which cost nothing - I found it in a box of abandoned bric-a-brac. It works well too.

So why did you buy a blingy new bedrock plane?!?!

BugBear

All part of my ongoing (never ending) enquiry on how to do things. They all seem to have a niche. If they haven't I put them back on ebay. Don't want to collect the pippers!

 

[bugbear]

Cheaper still - my back bevelled plane is an Acorn No4 which cost nothing - I found it in a box of abandoned bric-a-brac. It works well too.

So why did you buy a blingy new bedrock plane?!?!

BugBear

All part of my ongoing (never ending) enquiry on how to do things.

Sounds dangerously tooly to me

Welcome aboard the good ship Tool-Fiddler!

BugBear

 

[mr grimsdale]

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Welcome aboard the good ship Tool-Fiddler!

BugBear

I'm only having a look around, then it's back to woodwork!