Originally Posted by
ian maybury
I'd hate to see the craft and DIY dimension removed (because this is where this stuff is headed - and it would concentrate knowledge into a very few hands), but a blade with a separate chip breaker like a bevel down plane amounts in effect to a user configurable cutting edge. Trouble is that we're still relying on experience/individual know how and black magic to determine how to set it up, and working with materials that deliver relatively a short working life between tune ups.