On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 21:58:18 +0100, Andy Dingley
wrote:
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 18:50:23 GMT, "U-CDK_CHARLES\\Charles" "Charles
wrote:

I have the cap iron set back the width of a screwdriver tip--this should
probably be set closer, it's closer to 1/16th than 1/32nd.

It all depends. You don't tune planes, you tune them _for_ something.
What are you doing with this thing ? Smoother ? Smoother for gnarly
stuff ? Bench plane ? Scrub plane ?

Baileys aren't accurate enough you can use them for everything,
flipping from one to the other with a small twist of the adjuster.
They can perform well, but you're best leaving them set for one task.


I'd like to use it for smoothing. Yes, I've been winding the adjuster
back, say half a turn, then winding out the backlash in the screw, then
advancing it by eighth turns.

This is definitely a user. The iron is original as far as I can tell.

It also helps if I make sure there are no old shavings caught between
the cap iron and the iron when I reassemble...