Originally Posted by
James Pallas
This is a question as opposed to a statement. I thought that on older work with a sharp quirk was done with a snipes bill and a hollow. The snipes bill would follow a gauge line and the hollow work the bead tracking on the snipes bill cut. This would allow for many sizes to be worked without the need for dedicated beading planes.
Jim
There are a dozen ways to do just about anything in woodworking. With wooden planes it is easy to make a sharp point in the boxing to work with a pointed blade. A combination plane has a minimum area the blade must be beyond the skate. If one were a machinist, perhaps the skates could be cut down to allow for less of a quirk.
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