I am interested in how other posters set chip breakers (CBs) on their more heavily cambered plane blades. I am specifically interested in where posters place the CB in relation to the camber in the blade. I tend to move the CB right up to the edge of the corners of the blade. The edge of the CB is even with or slightly behind the edge of the camber at either side/corner of the curve the camber makes in the blade. This CB placement leaves the camber protruding out past the edge of the CB every where but at the edge/corner of the blade.
I am typically using #5 1/2 & 4 Veritas Custom planes on pieces of wood that are 30" long or less and 1-2" thick, chair legs and glued up panels for raised panels. Typical projects involve removing relatively large amounts of wood with the cambered blade on the #5 1/2 and finishing with the #4.
This work dulls blades fast so I remove/sharpen/replace my blades, two of them, frequently. As I mentioned in a previous post I find the sliding mouth on the LV planes handy for removing and reinserting the blades. It also helps me to make sure the camber is optimally placed in the mouth, as I can match the gaps on either side of the blade when the mouth is tight to the blade. It may even help with tear out. Now I am wondering about chip clearance for the exiting wood.
I am interested in how this CB placement might alter exiting shavings, particularly with the small slope in the LV chip breakers.