Matt | March 25, 2007
There’s more to hand planes then just the metal bodied versions we’re most familiar with. Hand planes can be easily classified into three families based on their use. 1) Bench Planes – the work horses of the hand plane world. As the name implies these are the ones most used on the bench by craftspeople. [...]
Matt | March 21, 2007
The cambered blade is essential to the use of the smoothing plane. Click to Play Download Audio File
Matt | March 20, 2007
Unlike most hand plane blades where a square cutting edge is the ideal shape. Click to Play Download Audio File
Matt | March 18, 2007
Once we’ve determined if the blade that came with our “new” hand plane is worth the effort to sharpen we need to move on to the actual sharpening itself. Click to Play Download Audio File
