Thicker Blade to Reduce Chatter, about all I've got to say about that
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Like the "Wordless Workshop" section of the old Popular Science issues...

   

   

   

   
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Yes! Those are great little planes with less than optimal blades.
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Later I did a bit more, maybe some words are in order.

The wood retaining wedge had to be trimmed to fit and this was an iterative process.  ALSO, I found one of the Kanna-plane tuning techniques to be very helpful:  Wetting the blade-back (with oil or spit) and setting it in the plane.   This leaves witness marks on the contact spots of the bed-ramp, allowing the bedding ramp to be lightly chiseled in local spots for a custom fit.  Greatly helpful also for reducing chatter.

This plane, with a 50 degree bedding and a very slight back-bevel on the thick blade, is intended to cut like an HNT Gordon.  But it's not as dense as an HNT Gordon block-plane, so that lack of weight can be felt.    Additionally, my use of an old tapered blade makes it a tad harder to adjust; the blade really doesn't want to retract once it's set in there fairly tight.   Next time, I may use a parallel blade.    All in all, though, pretty fun and also a comfortable block plane for my wide/short "Trump hands".

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