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(12-12-2016, 02:22 PM)Handplanesandmore Wrote: The opposite is true: most people adjust their metal planes, not using a hammer. Rob Cosman, Paul Sellers, and many many more have never been seen using a hammer on their metal planes.
But I use a hammer for fine adjustments as I find it more precise than using my fingers to tune (my planes are all Veritas (Norris style)).
Both approaches work just fine.
Simon
Just to be clear, metal low angle jacks, block planes, shoulder planes and others do not have built in angle-of-the-blade adjusters and a tiny tap from a small, gentle hammer is a help.
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(12-10-2016, 04:25 PM)overland Wrote: Is there a good hammer out there for plane adjusting that has metal on one side and wood on the other? That way I can adjust the iron and the wedge with the same tool. Any recommendations?
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I just use any hammer that's handy..I don't care about that end of the iron........
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Just to be clear, metal low angle jacks, block planes, shoulder planes and others do not have built in angle-of-the-blade adjusters and a tiny tap from a small, gentle hammer is a help.
???
They do.
E.g.
http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.as...5204,47881
You hit the lateral adjust to set the parallelism.
Simon
