Video on Cap Iron at work

[dynoforce]

G'day Mates,

Thought I share a video which I stumbled upon in the Saw Mill Creek woodworking forum.

The video is from Yamagata University in Japan. It shows the function of the Cap Iron when planing wood in a scientific study around the 1980s.

It's quite a big download, but worth the watch before you outlay $$$ on thicker blades & cap iron.

Regards,

Gunn

[pmcgee]

Thanks very much dyno - I had not seen that.

I had heard about it, from here I think, halfway down: The Sharpening FAQ - Fads and fallacies

and pretty sure I hadn't followed the link to here: Chipbreaker Study

BTW ... I had thought of Mr Brent Beach as geeky and investigative. But he gets pretty damn adamant and opinionated by the bottom of that page there

Excellent.

Cheers,
Paul McGee

[ClintO]

Fascinating what you can find on the internet isnt it