Hi,
The usual bench planes have the blade with the bevel down. The bed
angle is 45 degrees. With a single bevel blade, This gives a cutting
angle of 45 degrees which is good for long grain on straight grain
hardwoods like maple. For figured woods it is recommended that planes
have higher bed and cutting angles of 50 - 60 degrees. That means
owning different planes with different bed angles. Do we need to own a
smoother, jack, and jointer plane of higher bed angles or can we get
away with only a high angle smoother?
Could we play this trick? For an normal 45 degree bed angle plane, can
we put a 5 degree back bevel on the blade to make the cutting angle a
total of 50 degrees? Is there loss of performance with this set-up?
Thanks,
Peter


I think there is something of another point in how a blade edge is shaped,

I suppose if a regular blade has a standard 25º bevel, and Leonard Lee
instructs to add only 1º for the micro bevel,

suppose it would be a better idea to have the main bevel at 20º opposing a
back bevel of 5º with an added micro bevel of that 1º added to the 20º side
for 21º cutting edge result,

you would still have a proper 50º cutting angle for hard or figured woods.
Extrapolation to 60º capable.

This way you still have the same actual cutting edge as a normal 26º blade.
Correct if I am wrong, anyone.

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