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265479 Don Schwartz <dks@t...> 2018‑03‑16 Re: fettling a scraper plane: final installment
On 2018-03-16 3:08 PM, scott grandstaff wrote:
> Stand a card scraper nearly straight up. Push
> It hogs, I mean hogs the wood.
>  But take the same scraper and lean it forward 20 degrees. Now push.
> It peels off dust!
>  And you have anywhere inbetween, on the fly. 


The weird thing about the 112 is that the further forward the 
inclination of the iron, the deeper and more aggressive the cut. Seems 
counterintuitive.

Don


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Recent Bios FAQ