I got a new Veritas #4 for my birthday today. After honing the blade and going through all the setup, I kept having a problem getting both sides to take even shavings. I tried a bunch of different things and then finally took it back apart and checked everything again. It appears that the edge of the chipbreaker is not ground flat or perpendicular to the sides. If I hold a square up to it, there's a noticeable gap on one corner. When I attach it to the blade, I can either get the edges parallel or the sides parallel, but not both at the same time. If I cock it sideways enough to get the edges parallel, then the chipbreaker is offset away from the opposite corner of the blade.
I guess I need to call Lee Valley, but just wondering if anyone has run into something like that before? I'm relatively new to hand planes, so I checked and double-checked to make sure I was seeing what I thought I was. I checked with multiple squares as well.
Thanks
Jason