I haven't been able to find out what this part of the plane is called so I'm calling it the hook for now. That is the hook that the plane blade hangs on attached to the depth adjuster (circled in picture 1).
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My problem seems to be that it's not parallel to the plane sole (pic 2 exaggerates the angle). I'm not sure when or how this happened but I can't get a straight plane blade now no matter how i adjust it laterally. I've tried bending the hook straight with pliers but it's too strong for that. I've tried leveling it out with blu-tac which worked but not for long as you can imagine. Aside from sharpening my blade on an angle I'm out of ideas!


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I've come to you more experienced wood workers for help. Thanks!