It sure won't stay that sharp for very long with FR4.
I suppose one could make a tiny edge plane with a piece of carbide as a blade.
Or maybe even use an insert, as-is without grinding.
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On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Will Price <will.price94@...> wrote:
>> Never thought about using a hand plane. I should think depth of cut would
> be
>> critical, i.e. you would want a VERY shallow cut. And a VERY sharp blade.
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> Compared to planing soft wood like plane, FR4 is no where near as finicky,
> I don't think I even bothered adjusting the blade depth, it wasn't taking
> that shallow a cut, but the blade was sharp, I treat anything I can't shave
> my arm hair with as blunt.
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