At 06:32 PM 4/1/98 MST, ernfisch@p... wrote:
>
>I am a newbie where wooden planes are concerned.  I have my nice new bunch of
>H&Rs so today I backed out the wedges and set them on the shelf.  I
noticed on
>a few of them that the wedges were tight against the sides of the mortise
>before they locked in the blades.  Is this typical?  Is this ok? 

This is typical of a lot of wooden planes and can be a problem when they
get too tight.  I take a chisel (gasp, shock, horror from the crowd), and
holding it about an 85 degree angle to the wedge, lightly, I said, lightly,
scrape the wedge sides (just in the area where it appears to be sticking)
enough so that they slide in without too much resistance.  Maybe 3 to 5
scrapes at most.

Tony
  
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