I was cleaning out my garage yesterday and finally found an old Stanley #78 that I inherited from (drum roll please), my mom. It is in pretty good shape but is missing all of the fences, etc. so if anyone has a spare they would like to sell me, I am open to that. But that is not whay I am writing this.
I took the blade and sharpened it up, but when putting it into the plane I have a problem. As you know, the plane iron has a series of grooves on the back that fit over a notch in the depth adjuster. My problem is that I cannot get a good depth. If I set the iron into one of the grooves, I cannot adjust the iron down far enough to get any contact at all. It just BARELY misses. But if I move the iron to the next groove I cannot RETRACT the blade far enough and it is set too deep.
Am I doing something wrong or is there something else I can do?
Thanks,
Wayne