Well said, Richard

I have looked at a few †hings by Paul Sellars, and he did a discussion of the
78.  He said this:


 Two makers I know have made this plane with only one difference and that is
adding an extra bar to make twin bar rigidity to the fence. In actuality this
makes little or no difference to functionality unless you are prone to overly
bulldogging the plane to the wood and break the fence itself.


Is bulldogging just being overly aggressive?  The only time I have a problem
wi†h the single bar is when the bar comes loose and spins between stroke and the
fence goes cattywompuss.  The whole discussion is here:

https://paulsellers.com/2016/05/rebate-plane-no1-78-filletster-plane/

Ed Minch