I have re-soled and have been trying to tune a small Sargent transitional smoother. I am wondering if I am expecting too much from the old guy. I want to be able to get a very fine consistent shaving. I have just over a 1/16” throat in front of the original iron, which has a 25 primary 30 secondary bevels. The iron is hair shaving sharp. I have contact behind the iron from the top of the frog to the bottom of the sole. The cap iron is set to about 1/16”. The bottom of the plane is dead flat. I am having trouble getting a fine shaving. The iron is either not cutting or cutting too deep. It feels like what you find with a plane that is not flat in front of the iron. Any ideas on what may be causing the problem? Are these planes just destined to be mediocre?
Thanks
Mark