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Stanley #40 question

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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?

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Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.

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Re: Stanley #40 question

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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.

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