Quote Originally Posted by Jim Koepke View Post
Would it be possible to widen the adjusting trough on the blade to allow more side to side movement?

That and a little lubrication in the trough might allow more movement.

This isn't so much lateral movement problem as it is a problem of keeping the blade parallel to the sides of the plane when adjusting it.

jtk
I thought a lot about buying a flex shaft grinder to widen the trough but haven’t followed through with it. I don’t own any other machines that would work. Any suggestions on tooling?

I did clean out the trough and lubricate it with 3 in 1 but no luck.

I do think it is a “parallel” problem.

My final thought was to have a left blade and a right blade. Each to be ground at the cutting edge to suit a sheet of paper overhang as the OP suggested. I think this will be a better solution than my initial response but I haven’t put it in practice yet. Bought the spare blade but not ground it yet. (For the OP: Larry Williams has a great video on the LN website on regrinding the edge of a blade that makes the process quite accessible.)