October 17, 201411 yr Had this been a real expensive plane, you would have heard about it. just not from me. Needed to make a 1/2" wide rebate for the screen to set it. Router bit only goes to 3/8" wide, maybe. Got to looking around, found an older plane I made. Set the fence to 1/2" wide. clamped a test piece to the bench first. A small hammer to make a few adjustments. Then, I clamped the top rail for the screen door to the benchtop, and gave it a whirl After a few trips along the edge. Helps to go with the grain. A few more trips along the edge And one edge is done. It will hold the screen frame just fine. One problem with that Traditional Chinese Skewed rebate plane. No depth stop. Got out the wards #78 to check how deep the rebate went. It was a bit high in a couple spots, 78 leveled them out. Now I just have to make three more rebates But, not too bad for a homemade plane? Wasn't even any sign of a chatter, just a lot of curlies flying out the side of the plane..
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