Hand Planes
Most of us have one or more old bench planes sitting on shelves gathering everything but sawdust.
Make smoothing wood just plane simple. Sand less by tackling tricky wood grains with a scraping plane.
WOOD Contributing Craftsman John Olson shows how to tune and optimize a hand plane.
My low-angle block plane keeps pulling up chunks of grain on quilted maple rather than cutting cleanly, even with a sharp blade. How can I avoid this tear-out?
Sand less by tackling tricky wood grains with a scraping plane.
With a sharp blade and by moving your arms and legs in unison, shavings will flow from your hand plane with minimal effort. Follow these simple steps to improve your results.
Whether you’re a beginning woodworker crafting a few pieces for your home or a seasoned professional making furniture for a living, this trio of plans will do nicely.
You can trim a miter quickly and accurately with nothing more than a sharp hand plane and a simple jig.
A tool that gets right to the point.
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