On 12/10/2014 7:40 PM, Thomas Conroy wrote:
> Don Schwartz wrote:  "I have a #53 of more recent vintage, and have not been
able to get the mouth and projection in harmony with any predictability.
Sometimes it works for me, sometimes not. Please describe your method."
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> Damfino how I did it. I remember the first time I set one up it took an awful
long time and was hard, but this time it went in almost without fuss.
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> On thought, the principle seems to be that when the mouth is closed as far as
it can go, leaving just a tiny thread of light, the shave should give a thin,
wispy curl.If the blade is sticking out too far the curl will jam; if it is not
far enough out, the blade won't cut. So set the blade with the mouth closed
down, where it will be easy to tell if the setting is right; not with the mouth
gaping open, where there is no way to tell just how far out the blade should be.
Many thanks! This works very nicely.

Don