Well it occurred to me it was hard to describe what I was talking 
about, so I tried to draw you guys a pic.
Never was any good as an artist but maybe this will help. Use your 
imagination.....................

  http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/images/oldtools/scraperbed.jpg

  The "frog" stops short leaving the blade to dangle, and there is a 
little relief behind the blade through the sole.
    This allows the thin blade to flex, instead of a rigid mounting.

    That flex makes a nearly impossible tool into a very tame one anyone 
can set up and make use of.

  There is a reason the #80 outsold all other scrapers combined. First, 
it was cheap, but with the thin blade incorporating flex room, and easy 
set?
      Its a wonderful effective tool! No shop anywhere should be without 
one.

   The only real advise I have for using a scraper plane (once you have 
it cutting)  is to watch the very ends of the workpiece.
   Try a wild skew when working the very ends. There is a tendency to 
dig in at the end, so you need to counter that.

   Attacking from another angle besides straight down the work, and 
skewing the tool, helps a lot.
        yours again Scott


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