"Silvan" wrote in message
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Dave wrote:

In the discussion comparing handplanes, reference is made to the
extra
effort required to tune an older or pooer quality hand plane. I have to
confess ignorance....
Is anyone up to a step by step description as to how it is done?

First you thock it with your thumbnail. Note the pitch it produces. Now
look up what pitch it's supposed to produce in the table. Remove metal or
add weld until it produces the correct pitch when you thock it with your
thumbnail. Now it's tuned perfectly.


Not necessarily. This is a fine method if you're going to be planing alone,
but if you're going to be planing with someone else, you'll want to grind or
weld until you've got that pitch either 1/3 above or 1/3 below.

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-Mike-