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I am placing the bevel down.
The blade was definitely not 90 degrees to the body. Not sure if it was that way when I got it or if my beginner’s attempt at freehand sharpening put it that way.
I am trying to regrind to 90 degrees but I don’t have a grinding wheel so it’s been a slow go. I started on an EZE-lap coarse stone but that was taking forever. I think after lapping the bottom of the plane it jumped from coarse to medium/fine. I have switched to 80 grit sandpaper which is making much quicker progress. I’m using a jig this time (Veritas MKII) to try to be sure to get 90 degrees. I set the angle to 30 degrees on the blade, it looked like it was near 30 at the tip and 20 or so higher up the blade (cambered). I’m going to try with 30 degrees across the tip this time to simplify things. I’m almost done and will report back how things look once the blade is square.
I definitely can’t get the frog to extend past the mouth. Sounds like others can? One thing I wonder if the washers I have under the frog retraining screws are too large. This seems to be what is limiting me from from putting the frog further forward. I may try smaller washers (less width) as suggested and see how that goes.
Thanks for all the help everyone, you all have been most generous with your suggestions and advice.