Thread: Plane digging in

Originally Posted by Tiger

Thanks Derek for your comments, everything seems to be pointing to an non-flat sole but it has been flattened. I flattened the sole by going through some grades of wet and dry sandpaper stuck to some glass, I think 6mm thick from memory. The plane normally performs well on most timbers but I do recall having some trouble on thin (4 mm) highly figured material.

when you flattened the plane's sole, was the frog in or out?

this can make big difference.

I'm with Derek, everything you've described points to either a plane with an out of flat sole or a piece of wood with irregular "waves" in it