I have not face jointed a board in a good while and I seem to have forgotten a good deal.
The pieces I am attacking are 10'' 4/4 cherry. I am using a SB #5 with a Hock blade and Hock chip breaker. The plane sole is flat and the frog has been fettled et al. The blade will shave curly's from end grain.
When I put a straight edge on the board to locate the high spots and start to knock them down it seems shavings stop after a bit but I will get shavings from the areas that showed low in the straight edge. This does not seem normal to me and I do not recall having this happen in the past
Next up: If the iron is high on one side do I turn the lever to or away from the high side? I know this sounds inane but I have to stop and fiddle with it when the plane is upside down. I would like to do this on the 'fly.'
It seem the birthday count is getting to big.
Thank you.