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From: "paul womack"
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> Well spotted. I've seen something very similar (and
> recently) on ECE planes. And they claimed a patent...
Narh! They may well claim, but Terry was doing that
at least 4 years ago if not more. First time I saw a
similar thing was in his initial shoulder planes.
then he expanded its use to the Jack about 3 years ago
give or take a few months.
To answer Pam's concern:
Yes, it does move. Not a lot. And it requires
a bit of force to do so. It's done that way on purpose,
so that wear and tear don't "open" the brass-to-brass
bearing. It also means you only have to get the wedge
to land properly on the back of the iron in one direction.
Nuno Souto
dbvision@o...
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