{"id":65306,"date":"2021-07-24T02:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T06:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=65306"},"modified":"2021-07-23T08:55:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:55:25","slug":"how-to-set-a-cap-iron-paul-sellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/07\/24\/how-to-set-a-cap-iron-paul-sellers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set a Cap Iron | Paul Sellers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jS6RMcY8wX8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Paul Sellers<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 22 Apr 2021<\/p>\n<p>You can 20 expert woodworkers about what distance to set the cap iron (chip-breaker in the USA) fore-edge to the cutting edge and get 20 different suggestions. Why? Because generally speaking, it is undefined. I personally find that 1\/32&#8243; (1mm) works well but watch this video and you will see that you can set it anywhere between 1\/32&#8243; and 1\/8&#8243; and it will still cut nicely. Myth and mysteries often have no real substance to them so, this is done to bust them.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more about woodworking?<\/p>\n<p>Go to Woodworking Masterclasses for weekly project episodes: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2JeH3a9\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2JeH3a9\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Go to Common Woodworking for step-by-step beginner guides and courses: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/35VQV2o\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/35VQV2o<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2BXmuei\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2BXmuei<\/a>\u200b for Paul&#8217;s latest ventures on his blog <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Instagram: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2oWpy7W\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2oWpy7W\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/33S7RFa\u200b\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/33S7RFa\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pinterest: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/35X5uTf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/35X5uTf<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-24-at-08-54-25-How-to-Set-a-Cap-Iron-Paul-Sellers-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-24-at-08-54-25-How-to-Set-a-Cap-Iron-Paul-Sellers-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-67308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-24-at-08-54-25-How-to-Set-a-Cap-Iron-Paul-Sellers-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-24-at-08-54-25-How-to-Set-a-Cap-Iron-Paul-Sellers-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-24-at-08-54-25-How-to-Set-a-Cap-Iron-Paul-Sellers-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screenshot-2021-07-24-at-08-54-25-How-to-Set-a-Cap-Iron-Paul-Sellers-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Sellers Published 22 Apr 2021 You can 20 expert woodworkers about what distance to set the cap iron (chip-breaker in the USA) fore-edge to the cutting edge and get 20 different suggestions. Why? Because generally speaking, it is undefined. I personally find that 1\/32&#8243; (1mm) works well but watch this video and you will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[487,161],"tags":[1140,1177,1232],"class_list":["post-65306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools","category-woodworking","tag-handtools","tag-paulsellers","tag-planes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-gZk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65306"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67309,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65306\/revisions\/67309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}