Originally Posted by
Kees Heiden
Just curious Steve, do you make them with a 1/64 mouth (0.4 mm)?
I have measured several of my old planes, all Dutch from late19th century. The wear is indeed more like 75 degrees.
I've made them with a mouth of 1/64," and that works fine, but they usually end up between .020-.030 (for non-roughing planes, of course). I try not to be too hung up on it.
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