Trevanion":3tuicwfh said:
Chisel planes are terrible, they just tear out and dig in constantly because there's no support in front of the cutting edge.
Sorry to be the bearer of sad tidings, but you're completely wrong

The way to control the depth of cut is to use printer paper shims under the sole; remove one piece of paper at a time to drop the plane by it's thickness, take a cut, remove another piece of paper to drop the sole, take another shaving. When all the paper has been removed, the final cut will bring offending surface
dead level with the wood the sole is bearing on. Try it and see!
Pressure is applied in the middle of the plane body and the cutter
must be set so that is
just kisses the surface. The cut taken is not a direct push in line with the plane, but a slicing, sideways sweep. Use it properly and it's a brilliant bit of much maligned and underrated kit - Rob