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66818 "Aaron C. Davis" <acd02@g...> 1999‑08‑20 Re: scrub planes
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Steve Knight wrote:

snip of discussion of woodie scrubs

>work out. Oak would really work well as it is very slick and has some spring.
I
>would use the hardwood block in the mouth and the ebony block for the strike
>plate.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't forsee needing an adjustable mouth
for a scrub.  My poorman's scrub is a #4 and I have the frog as far back
as it can go without leaving the blade hanging.  This leaves a wide mouth
which works great for hogging off wood.

BTW Steve, nice planes.

aaron



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