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Thread: Bench plane mouth opening / frog adjustment size

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    I have not moved a frog on any of my planes since 1983, when I made my last purchase. All are around 1/16. I do have a wooden jack plane at around 1/8. There is a little bit to gain by having an adjustable mouth. A carpenter might want a little more opening for rough work, and there is a rather marginal benefit to having a mouth at 1/16 rather than 1/8 for fine work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rob Lee View Post
    Just a guess - but I'd bet 99% of Bailey purchasers never touched the frog.

    Cheers -

    Rob
    I had my first plane 18 months before this "hidden adjustment" was revealed. I think I lifted it from some obscure little company that put out a printed catalog,
    way back in the 1990s.

    Kids today are using feeler gauges and interferometry to flatten brand new planes what hasnae any rust (as God intended).

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    quote: "way back in the 1990s"

    That's funny!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom M King View Post
    quote: "way back in the 1990s"

    That's funny!
    I was a young man back in the 1960s > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXJXEzNP9Es
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
    - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

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