RayTSmith Wrote:

>  Good infills boast a tight mouth, but that can be had with a Stanley if you
>want to futz around with it long enough. The 3/16"+ thick irons are great,
>too, but you can get thicker than normal irons in a Stanley. Most infills are
>thicker, though.
>
>  The real clincher is that infills offer a rock-solid bedding area with a
>beefy lever cap and cap iron system that can eliminate any possibility of
>chatter. This, coupled with the thick iron and tight mouth, is what makes 
>them
>the ultimate smoothing machines for difficult wood.

None of my planes (except 9 1/2 @ 60 1/2 blocks) have what I consider to 
be a close enough mouth (I keep my frogs flush with the mouth). I have 
been wondering if I could just put a metal shim behind the (whole) blade?

Wm. "Bill" Brady - Working in the garden already. Happily making shavings 
now, no sawdust, no noise.