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Chris Friesen

wrote:

In my latest attempt to use the Veritas, the result looks pretty
good. It's not square, but it's awfully close. With a precision
square, I can barely see light coming through at one side of
the sharpened edge.

But when I put the blade into the plane (a Record #4) and try
to take a shaving, only one side of the blade cuts at all.

If you skew the blade slightly so that it is parallel to the mouth of
the plane, do you get better results? If so, then that's the basic
solution.

If you still don't get good results, then you need to start working on
the plane itself, and/or your technique.

Lastly, is the blade properly sharp? You should be able to shave hairs
off your arm really easily.

Chris