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Kunz - Kunz 5Plus Handplane
The cap-iron screw on the Kunz 5Plus was very fussy in use and while the back of the blade was very close to flat, it was ground coarsely, and it took a while to remove the scratches from it
Sep 30, 2015
The cap-iron screw on the Kunz 5Plus was very fussy in use and while the back of the blade was very close to flat, it was ground coarsely, and it took a while to remove the scratches from it. The plane needed a lot of work to get the sole flat as well, although the sides were square to the sole. The Norris-style adjuster had a lot of slop, which translated to unpredictable cuts and settings that didn’t quite keep. The mouth adjustment requires blade removal, which slows down setup.
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