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265454 Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> 2018‑03‑16 Re: fettling a scraper plane
On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 4:52 PM, Don Schwartz  wrote:

>
> The iron that L-N provides for their Cabinetmaker's scraper plane is
> 1/8in. (0.125").I couldn't find any guidance as to sharpening and set-up.
>
>  I set the blade depth using a single sheet of paper ( 0.004in thick )
> under the front of the sole, stopping short of the mouth, on a sheet of
> 1/4" glass.
>

Here is LN's directions

https://www.lie-nielsen.com/product/large-scraping-plane

I put the paper only under the very edge of the toe, not the whole front of
the plane


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Kirk Eppler Really calling it quits this time.

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