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The knob and wheel have elegant elliptical knurled edges for a firm grip. |
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The lever cap has been extensively redesigned to integrate cleanly with the plane body and provide an almost continuous hand-contact surface with tactile cues for finger placement. |
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The Norris-type adjuster mechanism combines feed and lateral adjustments, making blade setting accurate and easy. |
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Close manufacturing tolerances reduce backlash to no more than 1/4 turn. |
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The adjuster is locked to the body and will not become inadvertently unseated. |
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Mouth adjustment is effected by loosening the stainless-steel locking knob. |
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An unobtrusive set screw in the plane throat allows repeatable mouth positioning while at the same time preventing the moveable toe from contacting the blade. |
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The toe is completely enclosed by the body casting. |
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The contoured body is 7" long by 1-3/4" wide and has a 12° bed angle. It is machined and surface ground to half our normal flatness and surface finish specifications; the sole and sides are flat and square to within +0.000" and -0.0015" over the entire surface. |
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The A2 tool steel blade is 1-3/8" wide, 9/64" (0.140") thick and hardened to Rc60-62. The blade has a primary bevel of 23° and a secondary bevel of 25°. The back of the blade is lapped flat within + or -0.0002" (two-tenths of a thousandth of an inch) in the working area of the blade. |
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Made from a corrosion-resistant material — a nickel-resist ductile iron. Significantly more expensive than regular ductile iron, it contains about 20% nickel and retains all of the beneficial properties of regular ductile iron. It also requires slower feed rates during production. |
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Made in Canada. |
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Patent pending. |