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    TRICKS OF THE TRADE

    May 04, 2020 2 minutes

    Telltale Plane Shaving

    When you pick up a hand plane, you probably check the blade setting before using it. I don’t. Instead, when I’m finished using a plane, I put it away with one shaving left in the throat. The next time I grab the plane, the shaving tells me exactly how the bladeChris Wong Pitt Meadows, British Columbia

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