See also scrapers, p.
91.
The choking of a plane is the stoppage of the throat by shavings.
It may be due simply to the fact that the cutter is dull or that it projects too far below the sole of the plane.

In a wooden plane choking is sometimes due to the crowding of shavings under some part of the wedge.

When the adjustable frog in a modern plane is improperly placed choking may result.

The frog should be far enough forward so that the cutter rests squarely upon it.
Choking may, and most commonly does, take place because the cap does not fit down tight on the cutter.

This happens if the cap be nicked or uneven.