Best Compact Planes for a Mobile Carpentry Kit
What makes a hand plane suitable for a mobile kit? A plane earns a place...
Equipment
Best Hand Planes for Adjusting Window Sashes by Hand
Choosing a Plane for Window Sash Work Adjusting a sticking window sash is usually a...
Best Plane Irons for Reducing Tear-Out in Figured Timber
Figured timber—maple, oak, mahogany, walnut and similar boards with reversing or interlocked grain—can tear out...
Best Hand Planes for Smoothing Wide Softwood Boards
Wide softwood boards are easy to remove material from, but they are also easy to...
Best Fillister Planes for Traditional Rebated Joinery
A fillister plane is a rebate plane with a fence and depth stop, intended to...
Best Compass Planes for Shaping Curved Timber Components
Curved timber components need a plane that can follow the work without digging in at...
Best Hand Planes for Trimming Hardwood Stair Components
Trimming hardwood stair treads, risers, stringers, and nosings is controlled work. You may only need...
Best Scrub Plane Irons for Rapid Stock Removal
A scrub plane is built to remove wood quickly, not leave a polished surface. Its...
Best Side-Rebate Planes for Fitting Door and Window Joinery
Fitting doors and windows often comes down to cleaning up a rebate: the stepped edge...
Best Bullnose Planes for Cleaning Up Short Recesses
A bullnose plane is useful when a normal block plane cannot get close enough to...