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    Why not skewed teeth on a float?

    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!!
    Last edited by Mike Cornwall; 03-15-2019 at 1:32 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Cornwall View Post
    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
    Last edited by Jim Koepke; 03-15-2019 at 2:02 PM. Reason: perceived
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    Plane-maker Skew Edge Floats can be purchased in Right and Left hand Skew;

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





    Last edited by Stewie Simpson; 03-15-2019 at 7:36 PM.

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

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    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

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