chscholz
Primarily intersted in the blade but will need to understand relationship of the body. Getting as close as possible to the unsupported area of the blade in front of the blade bed is my starting point. You seem to know your plane anatomy. Not aware of much material on this so...
Greg,
White finger is a thing of the past with most of todays current planes. I'm looking into smaller increments of vibration - I'm not even sure there is measurable vibration on a good plane. However people who use these things are so sophisticated they measure flatness with CMM's and draw...
I am looking into measuring the levels of vibration in hand planes (specifically in the blades when mounted in plane bodies and potentially in the plane body as well). These are metal bodied hand held planes one would find in a woodworking shop.
Subjectively the vibration frequency one can...
