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25 March 2022 at 4:10 pm
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Attempting to address some really troublesome maple I placed the chip-breaking cap iron of a Clifton bevel-down bench plane very close to the blade edge. The pressure from the cap lever, when locked down, was enough to actually move the edge of the chip breaker immediately in front of the blade; resulting in dust being produced.
Potentially this can happen with any plane where there is a free space between the back of the blade and the chip breaker. It’s small on the Clifton planes, but nevertheless.