Hollow and Round sole forming

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Well, my 3d printed sanding blocks worked a treat and I have the sole flat to less than 0.004”, which is the thinnest feeler gauge I can find. I have honed the iron and I’m getting nice thin shavings now. But it’s still not quite right. It is skittering or chattering and still gets stuck from time to time.

I am thinking the next culprit is the bedding of the iron. I can unfortunately get the feeler gauge behind the iron. I guess I’d better go at that next.

Question - the blind side bevel doesn’t go right up to the mouth. I am guessing I need to plane this so it does? Else it will act as a depth stop?

any advice welcome.


Steve
Ran into the same issue as that with the gap under the iron before, albeit not with a molding plane
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The fix is easy, (after wild goose chasing other potiental issues, all of which were pointless)
and if I ever get round to making any more planes, I will surely be keeping the bed high until one of the very last procedures.
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Nice planes, very crisp looking
 
Yes, I’m still getting it, re-shaped the wedge but it is still there.

I saw somewhere that shavings like this definitely indicate chatter. Does the forum concur?
 

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