Equipment

Trimming hardwood joinery is a small-cut job: pare a tenon shoulder, ease a proud edge, or bring a door part

Replacing a hand plane iron is straightforward, but alignment matters as much as sharpness. A blade that sits slightly skewed

What you need to fit an interior door For most site fitting, a sharp bench plane and a small block

Planing a narrow edge straight is mostly a measuring and setup job. A sharp hand plane can remove a fine

A hand plane can develop rust even in a tidy workshop. Its sole is especially exposed: it picks up moisture

A shaving jammed in a hand plane’s mouth can leave a torn ridge in the work, but reaching into the

A jack plane can flatten a twisted board, but it cannot make the job easy if you start without a

What sole length does A hand plane’s sole bridges hollows and high spots in the wood. A longer sole is