On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 07:24:11 -0000, "Jeff Gorman"
wrote:


"Richards" wrote

: You've made a very good point. If the blade projects beneath the plane,
: the piece of wood that you're working on will never be perfectly flat
: because the reference surface is not the same as the cutting edge.

Also, as I mentioned before in this same thread, there are Japanese
planes. They are designed just this way, the front of the sole,
forwards of the blade, is a bit higher than the back. THe back is at
the same level as the blade.

Or are we only talkin' about American planes here? Sorry, if so :-/

James