Originally Posted by
bridger berdel
I tried the blade bevel up in a 45* bedded plane. it has atm a bevel of some 25 or 30 degrees, so cutting at 70 or 75 degrees. it wasnt fettled to that plane body and I'm not planning to use it in that body, so I won't bother to fit it in right. it had uneven projection, cutting only on one side, but that side made nice little silly string shavings in some tangled grain alder. no tearout. alder isn't the most demanding wood, but so far I know it works without a chipbreaker at high angles. but that's not how I want to use it. I'm going to build it as a high angle coffin smoother, with a chipbreaker. if that turns out to be a bust I'll build a different body for it, perhaps ditching the breaker. if it turns out to be useful I might build a nicer version of the first body for it. I can't believe I'm the first person to try this. I'm not looking to build a veneer grounding toothed scraper plane, im trying to build a tearout proof pre-smoother.