Sorry to jump in, I've just started reading this thread.
Rich":3bzzkk8v said:
I don't have a shooting board, but I have learnt by trial and error, that when edge planing, I get a much better finish if I turn the plane to say, 45 degs to the forward direction and use the cutting action as per a guillotine.
Rich.
Now if only I could remember where I was reading of shooting boards with sloping beds, which will of course produce a form of 'slicing' cut. The bed on which the plane slid is higher at the starting end.
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