Quote Originally Posted by Rafael Herrera View Post
I'd argue that the only place where the iron needs to be aligned (and sticking out a little) to the side of the plane is the circled area. Trying to make the whole side of the iron parallel to the side of the plane is unnecessary and counterproductive. Unless the edge and the sides of the iron are at precisely 90 degrees, you're not going to get this plane working properly.

Placing the plane on it's side to initially set the iron might help, but not if you force the iron side parallel to the side of the plane. This is a really fiddly plane, no wonder it's a "specialised plane".

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I was reading the LN marketing copy for this plane. It has nickers, can it really sink a rabbet? It's perplexing, it's a block plane, but it's not really a block plane.
I guess I'll chime in. This plane is well suited to trimming rabbets and working into sidewall areas.

The iron is intended to be flush with the side of the plane that is trimming the rabbet or working against the sidewall. The only time you want the blade extending on the working side of a rabbet plane is when the width of the rabbit is established using a fence. This plane has no fence.