On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:47 PM, <Sgt42RHR@a...> wrote:

>
> Oh!  What the heck is the slitter blade used for?  I sharpened it  to 8000
> as well, but am not sure what to do with it.
>

>From Blood & Gore, that internet Classic:
http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan6.htm

Many folks have no idea what the slitting cutter is used for, nor are they
appreciative of what a clever and powerful little gizmo this thing is. It,
along with its pressed steel depth gauge, are usually MIA, but replacements
are fairly easy to find. Once you use the slitting cutter, you'll realize
just how cool it is, and your fingers will forever stay attached to your
hands since you won't have to resort to that dangerous spinning blade that
sticks up from a cast iron table to rip thin strips of wood. The slitting
cutter and depth stop are attached to the plane in a milled area located at
the right rear of the plane, just forward of the handle (earlier models
attach the slitting cutter over the extra long rear arm). The fence is used
to position how far into the wood the slitting cutter does its slitting
thing, and the depth stop controls how deeply into the wood the slitter
goes. With the slitting cutter extended below the stop, all it takes is a
few passes to cut a thin strip off a larger piece of wood (if the wood is
thick, you usually run the slitter from both faces). This function is very
useful for slicing beads from the wood so that you can use them to decorate
whatever your mind can imagine.
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