Blade Adjustment
Caution:
Be aware that the blade is sharp; careless handling can
result in serious injury.
To adjust the blade depth, skew or lateral projection, nudge a lightly
clamped blade with your fi ngers or a small slot screwdriver.
Note:
Extremely small adjustments to blade depth can be achieved by
changing the clamping force applied to the tongue. Clamp the blade
(
1
/
8
turn should be ample —
do not overclamp
) and take a test cut on a
fl at
scrap of wood. To increase the cutting depth, tighten the clamping knob in
small increments.
Blade Sharpening
The detail rabbet plane has a bed angle of 15° and the blade is fi nely ground
at an angle of 30°. Since the blade is used bevel up, the effective cutting
angle will be 45°.
Figure 4: Blade adjustment.
Figure 5: Blade geometry as supplied.
Nudge heel of blade
to adjust skew.
Nudge front of blade to
adjust lateral projection.
Insert slot screwdriver between
blade and body, and twist to
increase cutting depth.
30° Bevel
45° Cutting Angle
15° Bed Angle
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