Originally Posted by
Derek Cohen
Nicholas, I do not see a need for a chipbreaker with a jack using a deep camber.
One does not plane with the grain when planing panels, so a suggestion of grain type for plane use is irrelevant. Planing here takes place diagonally or across the grain. If planing with the grain, I would use a fore plane, such as a #6, which has more camber than a smoother, but much less than a jack. A double iron would be useful here.
In the areas for a jack, a single iron suffices.
Regards from Perth
Derek
This one often planes with the grain when planing panels and so I use a plane with a chip breaker.
I'm with Kees in that I work with the grain using a jack plane almost as much as I work across the grain, if not more.
Bumbling forward into the unknown.