mark w
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If the breast has a bump as in the sketch, Would a thicker wedge solve this problem? The breast could then be shaped (made straight) to suite the thicker wedge.
Here’s the problem…. My fault entirely of course. See feeler gauge behind the iron. The bed is at an angle sweeping back from the mortise. The only way to fix this is to sink the whole rear surface of the mortise, right down to the mouth, back by say 1/32”. Then the iron can be bedded. My previous floats weren’t long enough to do that. The new ones will be.If the breast has a bump as in the sketch, Would a thicker wedge solve this problem? The breast could then be shaped (made straight) to suite the thicker wedge.
I know it's quite late @Adam W. But you could keep an eye out for a handshaper like an adept 1 or 2. Very very small can hog a goodly amount of metal and very cheap tooling. More fun than filingThat's clever and such a time saver. I don't have access to anything like that, so it would be filing for me.
A planemaker’s float is a part saw / part rasp tool for making planes. So far I’ve made 10 of them by the looks of it. Also useful for cleaning up M&T and lots of other tasks.
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