Richard Wilson wrote:
> Bloodletting with a 2506...
>
> I remove the points on mine so that they don't project more than a smidgin
below the 'skate' The plane goes to the bottom of the rebate, and you can apply
downward pressure to keep it tracking close to the sidewall and let it do its
job.
>
> Configured this way, there isn't any significant danger when handling it.

In any case, they're SIDE rebate planes. Any cutting below the skate
is (simply) wrong, or at least outside the job description.

  BugBear

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