Stanley #40 question
Robert Henderson
>I just bought a Stanley #40 scub plane on ebay.
It came with the blade bevel up, but that put the logo on the blade on the underside, so I wondered...
Is this plane used bevel up or bevel down?
Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Stanley #40 question
Robert Henderson
>I just bought a Stanley #40 scub plane on ebay.
It came with the blade bevel up, but that put the logo on the blade on the underside, so I wondered...
Is this plane used bevel up or bevel down?
Down
Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.
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General principles
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>If the iron (blade) is at 45 degrees or above, it's bevel down; at 20 degrees or lower, bevel up.