wooden plane bedding angle
ark40
>I thought I had this posted in the handtools forum, but I must have been looking at the general messages forum cause that's where it went. so here it is again.
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I've made several Krenov styles planes, mostly smooth but a few shoulder planes as well. The first one I made was to the spec, as defined in the David Fink book, i.e. 45 degrees. I was at Dennis' one weekend and we decided to experiment some, so I made a couple more, one at 55 and one at 35. Reading the grave reviews of the Mujingfang(can't spell but you know what I am referring to) high angle smoother, we figured a 55 degree Krenov would work real well for figured wood. Not so, I did a few trial cuts with all three and the original 45 degree still works the best on curly and plain maple.
Having said has anyone of you tried making a high angle woodie, and how did it work out. Are there any caviats I am missing.
I also have stock ready for a block plane, any suggestion for an ideal angle for that?
In case you are wondering I am using Hock irons for both the smooth and the block.