mqbernardo
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GLFaria":266ffwml said:"...now all i have to do is get the sole flat and square the sides."
Ah?! The sole on mine is flat and the sides are square to the sole; I may have been lucky, but judging from the overall quality of the plane I would take it as a "normal" feature of this brand. The only work I had to do on it before using it for the first time was honing the iron, of course, and lighly sanding the sole with P400 wet sandpaper (or did I go down to P600? Can't remember...) on a glass plate - not really necessary, as the sole was perfectly usable as it came from the manufacturer.
FWIW my QS / Juuma planes came amazingly flat and square, which was a surprise for me. Even a my Juuma fore (which i suppose could be harder to get flat all over) came pretty flat and square - only a small midway concavity between mouth and tail, which common wisdom tells me is nothing to worry about. I can´t honestly say my Lie Nielsen 60 1/2 is much better.
Já agora, um abraço e bem vindo!
best,
Miguel