Plough Plane Blades

[Alder]

I purchased a record 044 plane on line It was missing a depth stop which I have had made. It also had full set of blades. The angle on all the blades is 30 degrees. They have no finer bevel, is this normal.
Thank you ,

Russell

 

[bugbear]

I purchased a record 044 plane on line It was missing a depth stop which I have had made. It also had full set of blades. The angle on all the blades is 30 degrees. They have no finer bevel, is this normal.
Thank you ,

Russell

IIRC Record and Stanley recommend 35 degree single bevel, but 30 probably works too.

BugBear

 

[AndyT]

Yes, perfectly normal, just that one single bevel is all you need.

 

[Alder]

Thank You, Most helpful.
Russell

 

[JohnPW]

I just had a look at the Record plough plane instructions and it said the factory bevel was 35 degrees and the user should hone that bevel as a single bevel rather than use a secondary honing bevel as on bench planes. It said that was easier to maintain.

 

[mouppe]

I think the fact that the blades are narrow makes them very fast to sharpen, making a secondary bevel superfluous. IIRC my blades from Veritas have a 35 degree bevel angle.

 

[Carl P]

Nothing to add to this, except that I've just realised what IIRC stands for, one day I'll catch up!

Cheerio,

Carl