1. Make certain that your plane blade is sharper than a razor. No better way to make errors than with a dull blade. 2. If you really have a consistancy problem in your technique I would suggest you purchase or make some sort of depth gage and check yourself frequently. I don't know it there is much else to say here other than to work S-L-O-W-L-Y. It would be a crime to comprimise a lot of hard work and materials for the sake of finishing the job before lunch. Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV > I have to plane a new bridge cap a little bit for my target bearing. I know I have a tendency to plane the far side of my > work more than the near side. What techniques might anyone have to offer to keep this critical task square - you just don't > have much room for slop. If there is going to be some error, I trust it is better to make the hitch pin side a bit lower than > target (but still have downward string pressure on rear edge of cap)? Should the plane of the cap top surface be parallel > with the string plane? To dramatize, one can imagine a taller-than-needed bridge and you can slope the cap top downward > toward the hitch pin and still technically, achieve your target downbearing (distance bearing). > > I was just going to use a straight edge on top of the cap, perpendicular to the long axis of the bridge, on a level table to keep tabs on my cap angle. Any better method? > > Seems to be an art (that is not quite achievable in one afternoon) to this downbearing stuff! > > Terry Farrell
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