#Why would the iron bend convex when screwing in the chipbreaker?

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pseudo vine
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I may be totally twisted, but the chipbreaker goes on top, yeah?

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So if the screw in the middle pulls the middle of the iron towards it (I have no idea what else physics could possibly allow) it will pull it up as in your picture.

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Also, I just can't avoid pointing out that in Fundamentals no one bothered to talk about irons flexing this way and that, because I'm pretty sure it is not something you need to think about to do woodworking.

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If this is fun for you then by all means, but don't feel pressure to understand whatever the heck he's talking about just so you can plane things well.

spice shore
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Correct. The iron and chipbeaker are a single assembly

spice shore
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You have all wooden planes I'm guessing?

neat sail
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wooden planes still often come with a cap iron

spice shore
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Well plenty of wooden planes didn't have chip breakers. Bevel up also do not. It was just a guess