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…and the plane assembled. Insure the frog is aligned accurately with the throat in the plane body using a straight edge…
…and
make that cap lever screw tight… a source of chatter as the
blade dulls in use. To adjust the blade, I merely set the plane
on a flat board and adjust the iron to drop until it barely
touches the board… then I lightly tap my final set with a brass
hammer just like I do any other wood plane. Just don’t exceed
the limits of the adjuster’s slop and you’ll not damage the
plane.
Then I tweak the adjustments while planing a flat piece of hardwood like this figured Bigleaf Maple until I consistently get fine shavings that are near the full width of the blade. That’s about as good as it gets. Now I can dismantle the plane if I desire and finish the wood with stain, oil and wax.
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