oving verythick shavings and if the iron were straight, it wouldtear out a rectangular groove for the whole width of theiron. This would be very likely to clog the plane andwould also consume much more force than if the edge 192 WOOD PATTERN MAKING was curved. In a given time with a given amount… … Fig. 39 order to produce a straight flat surface, but in practicethis is not the case. So for these irons the cornersshould be slightly rounded, or, what is better, be slightlycurved, but the radius of the curve should be muchlarger than for the jack-plane iron. Fig. 39 shows the iron jack-plane,…
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