> On Dec 2, 2022, at 12:16 , Frank Filippone  wrote:
> 
> I have been thinking to build a miter plane for shooting (chuting).
Basically, a Krenovian plane with a thin side wall.... maybe a side wall of
aluminum or steel....the rest could be wood.
> 
> I wonder if a wood plane has enough mass to do its job, or is this a better
idea in metal only, if only because of the mass?

I think they're in metal because a mitre plane is a low-angle, bevel-up plane,
and the short grain in a wooden bed can't provide the support needed behind the
blade. I have a wooden mitre plane, come to think of it, but the bed angle isn't
as low as you can get with steel.

I've made a couple of infill mitre planes, and they're pleasing to use, but a
sharp blade does more for shooting than anything. This is good news if you want
to make a Krenov plane with the blade bevel down, as it should work just fine.
I've used a wooden jack, coffin smoother, and even a 60-1/2 on a shooting board
successfully.

Mass can help, especially if you mix it with velocity (I favored a L-N #8 for
shooting when starting out), but it also makes it easier to screw things up
quickly. It didn't help that I was shooting some pretty ugly sawn edges as a
newbie, and trying to remove too much material.

Adam