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I took the ramp off my shooting board, and boy does it work a lot better now.

This tells me that my planes aren't as trued up as they could be, but now with the flat bed, it all works licketysplit. (He says today...)

If your plane is all tuned up, then a ramp should be of no matter ... I added a ramp to mine a couple years ago and found no difference, its all on the plane setup and sharpness ...

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Tony Karol
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Yeah, I'm going to take mine off too. It's a pretty cool idea, but I don't think you can make the ramp perfect enough.

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Pat

I've no doubt the plane could be set up better. That being said, it's working how it's supposed to now, so if I have to sharpen a bit more often, no biggy...

Glad to hear that you found something that is working for you.

I have always run the plane along the top of my bench, no ramp or shooting board, and I've never had a problem.

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If you want to avoid some sharpening and use more of the blade , get some 1/2 inch MCP and make some "lifts" where the ramp used to be.

I'd been thinking about adding a ramp to mine, but I guess I won't bother. You can still equalize the blade wear by adding shims under the piece you're jointing, to change what part of the blade makes contact. Good reason to have a stash of back/side sets... plenty of appropriately sized 1/8-3/16" shims to use

I also joint plate halves one at a time nowadays. Trying to line them back up perfectly after checking the joint is too much of a pain. And as long as you lay one face up and the other face down when jointing, you still get the angle cancellation effect (incase your plane isn't perfectly square).