Hand plane

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Adam Peterson demonstrates how to test your hand plane to see if the blade of the woodworking plane is perfectly square with the sole of the plane.

So after all these years it seems I've been seduced by hand planes. I had the pleasure of being introduced to some very well tuned hand planes recently and...

Choosing & Using a Plane: Andy King talks through choosing and using a Plane. In order to make a living with woodworking, I find there has to be a compromise between power tools and elbow grease, and I'll be the first to admit that I couldn't survive without power tools. Sa…

On woodworkingmasterclasses we’ve often developed thinner pieces, strips, for things like chess board veneers blocking, coasters and such. Sometimes thicker pieces like table legs have been planed…

So You Dropped Your No.4 Hand Plane?: You were smoothing some wood, got a cramp, dropped your favorite hand plane on the floor and now it looks like this? No worries, it happens to the best. You don't need to throw it in the trash just yet. Together, we'll turn it into an even better h…

A hand plane provides a great extension to the capabilities of a woodworking who primarily favors power tools, but how do you know which ones to buy...

Use this simple 4-step strategy to turn an old plane into a super shaver. I’ve lost count of the number of planes that I’ve brought back from the brink, but if I added up the tools that I’ve bought, plus the orphans that have been left in boxes outside my door, the number would hit quadruple digits. Surprisingly, I’m s

I use a mix of hand planes, both wooden and metal in my woodworking, and it's the wooden planes that I prefer for many tasks. Faster to adjust, lighter to swing about all day, and they leave the wood beautifully burnished - just some of the reasons I love wooden planes.