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         Galoots,
                 I'm by no means an expert on wooden planes, and wish to 
learn considerably more about them. I just wanted to point out that the 
David Finck book talks very specifically about filing the mouth opening, 
and says the file must be angled towards the toe of the plane. This would 
make the breast angle lean slightly towards the toe of the plane. He and 
Krenov both suggest this. I've tried some planes with the breast angle 
towards the heel of the plane, and it does not plane well at all for me. 
Perhaps my shavings are too thick. But with the breast angled towards the 
toe of the plane I begin getting nice thin shavings with no clogging of the 
mouth. So far as wear at the mouth, I think the Knight idea of the 
adjustable mouth wedge is the greatest thing since fire.

         Moses Yoder
         White Pigeon MI