I'm kinda new to this Neanderthal thing, but I thought I would make a plane based on a recent magazine article. Being a bit frugal (cheap) I decided to make my own plane irons rather than buy at $58 ea. I'm an X- toolmaker/ machinist with a home shop. So I got a bit carried away and now I have 27 plane irons ready to send out for heat treating, but before I do I'm thinking I should make a scraping plane iron to include in the heat treat shipment. My questions are:
Is 1/8 too thick for a scraping plane blade?
How wide should a scraping plane blade be?
I plan to make one based on the Krenov magazine design but the rest of the irons are "inventory" for future plane projects. Got any good plane designs?