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   UncleDunc | Mar 04, 2003 11:17pm | #1

   Have you checked out Patrick's Blood and Gore at http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan11.htm ? He has quite a description of the #90, which will be far more understandable to you, with one in hand, than it was to me.

   You could bring the toe piece down to the surface by lapping the mating face to lower the whole thing. Since you've already gotten good at lapping the thing. :)

   Since the bevel is up on this plane, I don't think a little curl on the cap iron will make much difference.

   I think the fact that you had to fix the angle of the sole indicates that you did get a poorly machined tool, regardless of the condition of the cap iron.

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   Kunzwerks | Mar 05, 2003 06:23am | #2

   You know, you describe my Stanley #90 to a tee! I haven't done anything to it yet since I haven't needed it for precision work to date. However, it is a Stanley after all and I don't consider their tools to be the best. The bar has been raised with company's like Lie Nielsen, etc.

   I see nothing wrong with tuning the #90 to get it to where you are satisfied with using it.

   Kunzwerks