Ralph Brendler wrote:
> Tom Watson writes:
> 
> 
>>My primary interest just now is to learn about the acquisition, tuning and
>>making of molding planes, to be used in making this vaporware furniture.
> 
> 
> I have two words for you-- Tod Herrli.
> 
> Tod teaches an introduction to wooden plane making that is *exactly* what
> you are looking for.  In 2 days you will learn more than you ever dreamed
> possible about making, tuning, sharpening, and using side-escapment molding
> planes, and leave with a wonderful hollow or round that you made.  Tod
> teaches classes at his home in Marion, IN (about an hour northeast of Indy),
> and is also doing a class at the Marc Adams school later this summer.

In a book of mine (I think it was Spons) they refer
to sharpening moulding plane irons. They (essentially) recommend
doing as little as possible, very carefully, with Arkansas slips.

But they advise that the blade will eventually
not be the right shape - the errors accumulate.

This isn't a problem, because you (apparently)
send it back to the makers to be reshaped!!

We've lost some infrastructure methinks.

    BugBear