Equipment

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

A block plane is useful for removing the small, sharp arris left where two faces of a board meet. A

Tear-out happens when a plane’s edge lifts wood fibres ahead of the cut instead of slicing them cleanly. It is

Chipping at the far corner is the common failure when planing end grain. The plane’s edge reaches the unsupported corner,

What plane iron camber does Camber is the slight curve across a plane iron’s cutting edge. A cambered iron takes

What a sharp hand plane iron should do A sharp iron takes a continuous shaving without tearing the surface, leaving

A Bailey-style bench plane is a bevel-down plane with an adjustable frog, cap iron and depth-adjustment wheel. Its controls are