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Hi,
I had similar problems on an old No 4 I bought from ebay.
This video was extremely helpful (Chris Tribe – Fettling The Chip Breaker) – see link below:
Basically, he argues that even though the cap iron looks flat it is not meeting the cutting iron at the right *angle*.
I flattened the cap iron and the problem has gone away. I now get long, even shavings.
Also, the cap iron had had the corners rounded off, I assume from a previous owner using it with a scrub iron, so flattening the cap iron also took a good chunk of that rounding away as well.
All in all, I don’t get the problem any more.
HTH
Darren.