~  -----Original Message-----
~  From: owner-oldtools@l...
~  [mailto:owner-oldtools@l...]On Behalf Of Paul
~  Pedersen
~  Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 2:05 PM
~  To: oldtools
~  Subject: re: maths and planing straight
~
~
~  I wonder if the oft-repeated technique of shifting pressure
~  on the plane from
~  toe to heel is not in fact to get the plane to bend just a
~  bit, changing its geometry,
~  thus overcoming the problems at the edges.  I can't see that
~  it would help
~  otherwise.

This standard advice is, I think, principally aimed at beginners who
tend to let the heel of the plane drop at the beginning of the stroke
and the toe at the end.

Jeff