Having trouble with cap iron and looking for suggestions on my next step to address problem. I've gone through many threads on this topic and followed the recommendations for set up and correction. Here's the story: bought used coffin smoother. While setting up, I couldn't get the cap iron to sit tightly to the blade across the entire face. I found a slight rocking when I placed the cap iron on a flat surface and tapped on one corner. Looking at the cap iron straight on, I noticed that the hump on one side of the cap iron was larger than on the other. I put used small channel lock and a vise to gently and lightly "adjust" the flatter corner. Seemed to have worked well as the hump was uniform and went back and set up the cap iron again. No rocking on a flat surface when tapping on corners and visually cap iron sits nicely against back of blade. But still can't get proper shavings. I found two possible causes: 1) the cap iron rocks slightly on a flat surface when tapping on one of the back corners; 2) there is a slight deformation on the cap iron from the channel locks so that the curve is slightly flatter in one location. I suspect the first possible culprit is a red herring and the true cause is cause is the deformation from the channel locks., but I don't know how to address it. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Eric