Norm Wood wrote:
> On 01 Oct, paul womack wrote:
>> Blake Ashley wrote:
>>> A slope doesn't actually replicate the effect of a skewed blade, although it
will spread out the wear on the edge.
>>
>> I would state that (very carefully as)
>>
>>> A slope doesn't actually replicate ALL the effectS of a skewed blade,
although it will spread out the wear on the edge.
>>
>> My own feeling is that one of the major benefits of a skewed blade
>> is the gradual entry and exit from the cut (when the blade edge is not
parallel
>> to the workpiece edges). This effect is replicated by a sloped shooting ramp.
>
> I'm wondering about this.  With a shooting board and a standard
> non-skewed plane, isn't the direction of travel of the blade normal to
> the blade edge, regardless of whether the shooting board is ramped or
> not?

Correct.

> It seems the gradual entry and exit requires the blade edge to be
> skew to its direction of travel.

No - consider the simplest way of achieving this, a skewed (rotated) work
piece on a normal shooting board.

But rotating the plane (and ramp), leaving the workpiece "normal"
also has the effect.

   BugBear