<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Question for the wood chomping gurus out there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I have a hand plane that has a propensity to "chatter" in use. </FONT><FONT face=Arial></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>Don't know that I can offer much, Terry, but these compass planes often have chatter issues.  They are a (designedly) light plane that is generally only capable of rather light passes.  One other thing you might consider (though you probably already have) is a heavier blade.  I can't tell from your photo, but if the stock blade is in the neighborhood of 1/16", you might try upgrading to something like this:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2><A href="http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=42607&cat=1,41182,43698&ap=1">http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=42607&cat=1,41182,43698&ap=1</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2> or this:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2><A href="http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=32692&cat=1,41182,43698&ap=1">http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=32692&cat=1,41182,43698&ap=1</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>worth considering,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>BTW, next Friday I'll be arriving in your neck of the woods for a week.  Flying in to Sarasota for a week of golf, beach, and vacation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></FONT><BR> </DIV></BODY></HTML>