TomD
"Apparently a lot of people weren't in "the club", just like me, because I have received a lot of PMs from people who have been both happy that they don't need to buy a new plane and sad that they can't justify a new plane."

Oh believe me, if this thing becomes the new thing, there will be a new plane along to capitalize on it. Maybe a cap iron set to modify all those latest things BUs, or a plane with an adjustable breaker in some particularly complex form.

I'm calling patent on all forms of after market devises that modify bevel up planes including but not limited to modified blades, lever and screw caps, etc...