Peter

Thanks for the references - I had never taken the time to look closely at the
dovetails.  It makes perfect sense that there is a little recess filed to make
the pins into dovetails so the sides don’t come off the sole.

By the way, the article you cited as the “trigger” for you making planes is
dated July 2006, and the article you wrote is dated August 2008.  Does this mean
you made all of those lovely planes in 2 years?  Not very galootish.

Ed Minch