Equipment

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

Why flatten a new sole? A hand plane does not need a mirror finish to work well. It needs a

Plane a door edge in small, controlled cuts. The aim is not simply to remove enough wood to make the

What a good setup means A hand plane that leaves a smooth surface is sharp, properly adjusted and suited to

What changes at the cutting edge End grain is the exposed ends of wood fibers, so a plane meets them

A scrub plane and a jack plane can both remove a lot of wood, but they do it differently. A

The short answer A shoulder plane is the better choice for refining a joint’s cheeks and shoulders, especially when you

The short answer A jack plane is the better choice for removing material and getting a board roughly flat. A

The short answer For most site carpentry, a metal-bodied bench plane is the more practical first buy. It is easier

A block plane is useful when a door is only a little too tight: a few shavings can ease a