I have two hand planes that both stopped cutting at once, after months without issue: a Wood River 4 1/2 smoothing plane I bought new and Stanley No. 5 I found in a junk shop.
I just tried tuning up everything: I flattened the face on the frog, the bottom of the frog, and the sole. I played with the lateral adjustment of the frog, sharpened the chip breaker, sharpened the iron, and tried various tightness for the lever cap screw.
When I go to cut though, the blade glides right over the surface of the wood, no matter how deep the blade is.
I’ve been setting my honing angle by eye, I wonder if that’s the problem? Should I break down and buy a honing guide?
Alex
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Doesn’t sound like it’s sharp.
Can you measure the angle on the blade you sharpened. If the angle of sharpening is above 45 degrees (possible if you are freehand sharpening) this is what you would see. If you then sharpen the blade so that you have somewhere between a 25 to 35 degree angle you will avoid this problem.
That was it!
blade in upside down?
They both stopped functioning at once? Oy. Could be an inverse tachyon field.
Nice shaving! Try keeping a 25 degree angle block at your sharpening station. Grip the blade for sharpening using the angle block as a reference.
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