Rabbet plane iron...bevel?

1/28/04, 4:19 PM #1

Steve Kubien
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Rabbet plane iron...bevel?

Steve Kubien

>Howdy folks,

Here's a simple one for most of you (I suspect)...On a old wooden skewed rabbet plane does the bevel go up (like a LA block plane) or down (like #4 Stanley)?

I just received an iron from a good friend (thanks Jim) and if the bevel goes down, I'll have very little work to fudge it to fit. If the bevel goes up....it will all work but just take longer.

Thanks for your help everybody (especially you Jim),

Steve Kubien

Diggin' out of snow in Ajax Ontario

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1/28/04, 4:38 PM #2

William R. Duffield, on the Cohansey
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William R. Duffield, on the Cohansey

>What is your bedding angle? If it is around 45� or higher, then you have a bevel down plane. Bevel up cutters are rare in wooden bodied planes, because the low bedding angle required is fragile when implemented in wood. Bevel down wood bodied shoulder planes, with a low effective cutting angle (e.g., for trimming shoulders) are even rarer.

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1/28/04, 4:46 PM #3

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Steve Kubien

>Thank you Sir William, that is what I thought and hoped. Ya, the bedding angle is around 45 degrees so bevel down it is!

Thanks,

Steve K

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1/28/04, 5:18 PM #4

paul womack
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paul womack

>...old wooden skewed rabbet plane...

Great tools!

BugBear

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