Got tired of fighting edge out of square, reversed cambered and other stuff from free-handed grinding.  Time to add a jig, real high tech one (for me)

Took the rest off the right hand side.    threw away the "bolt" that almost held it.    Modified a carriage bolt to replace it.    While the rest was off, drill a hole right in the center ( by eyeball) for a jig bolt.   The jig was then bolted to the rest, and a groove for the wheel was cut....by turning the grinder on.   A look at the jigYep, High Tech right there.  Pine 3/4" scrap board.   Set at ~25 degrees to the wheel.   Now, HOW to get the iron the stay square to the wheel?  Why more High Tech stuffA 1x1 pine slider, and two C clamps.   Finger clamp is there so I could take a picture.    I get the first c clamp on with an iron and get things close as I can.  Check to make sure the iron is square to the slider's edge.   Check where the edge of the iron touches the wheel.  Then add the second c clamp.  BTW, that groove in the jig for the  wheel was done by the grinder's wheel.    Best way to line things up.    Grind the new edges, and have a cup of H2O handy to dunk it in.    Grinds a nice hollow grind edge.  Then off to the honing guide and the stones & Paper routeOne of these is a Dunlap and the other is a Lakeside iron.    Once they were honed up to 1000 grit, I installed the Dunlap iron in the Lakeside plane. Set it up for a fine cut, with the frog all the way to the rear.  Pine test tracks at the ready, soNot too bad.   Turned out that the Dunlap iron still has a hint of camber to the edge, and cuts in the middle area.    Switched it out with the improved Lakeside iron, and a second test track of pineYeah, that's a bit better than it was.    As for the tight mouth?About as tight as I can get this one.   Like that reflection on the sole?    This plane just might work out...

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Great job Steve. You are definitely giving me the itch to get mine done

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Lew Kauffman-
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Nice jig, Steve. I'll keep this in mind. Perhaps make some other rests that can be swapped as needed.