Bevel Up or Down Smoothing Plane Build Process

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I've reground the tip of (and hence shortened slightly) one of the blades and resharpened it. I'll do the other two another time. I also put the lever cap back in the mill vice and extended the slot by 5 mm:

With those two modifications made, the blade can be fully retracted (with room to spare). While I've still got a long way to go (with the biggest jobs being the lever cap and the handle), I decided to try fitting the blade using a penny washer and a nut to hold it in place and a spanner and hammer as adjustment tools:

With it roughly aligned with the hammer, I could have a quick play with a scrap of cherry:

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