Why not skewed teeth on a float?

[Mike Cornwall]

There’s usually a good reason when something has been in practice for centuries, but it occurred to ask.

Besides the cutting advantage, it occurred that a skew in the appropriate direction might encourage the tool into the corner of, say, a sliding dovetail?

So...
Why not skewed teeth on a float?
TIA for any insight!!

[Jim Koepke]

There’s usually a good reason when something has been in practice for centuries, but it occurred to ask.

Besides the cutting advantage, it occurred that a skew in the appropriate direction might encourage the tool into the corner of, say, a sliding dovetail?

So...
Why not skewed teeth on a float?
TIA for any insight!!

The answer might be more of economics than of usefulness.

Of course if they made a skewed left model, there would be a perceived need for a skewed right model.

Would there be enough demand for a manufacturer to produce such a line?

jtk

[Stewie Simpson]

Plane-maker Skew Edge Floats can be purchased in Right and Left hand Skew;

http://www.phillyplanes.co.uk/floats.html

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af219/swagman001/hollows%20and%20rounds/DSC_0049_zpsreptfprg.jpg (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/swagman001/media/hollows%20and%20rounds/DSC_0049_zpsreptfprg.jpg.html)

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af219/swagman001/hollows%20and%20rounds/_DSC0256_zpsnwszhu5p.jpg

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[Chris Fournier]

Jumpin'! Gorgeous planes Stewie! And I mean GORGEOUS! Just didn't want to shout!

[Mike Cornwall]

Can you characterize the difference you’ve felt between skewed and straight? I wonder why not skewed face float?

Thanks for responding, I hadn’t ever seen those although I’ve looked at the philly site