Making Wooden Hand Planes

Its a good book for understanding wooden planes in general and making the krenovs in particular.

Making wooden hand planes. Thats the stupid kind of stuff that happens on forums. Since weve already discussed the first steps to making a krenov style plane lets get going with milling the wood drawing the plane and cutting the parts for this wooden smoother. 3 essential hand planes. We arent here to make this topic controversial and adversarial.

In a recent blog post i mentioned how our content editor jim mcconnell and i have agreed to engage in a friendly discussion on the blog about metal bodied and wooden hand planes. A search on google for krenov planes will bring up a load of info. We used irons specifically designed for wooden planes available from hock tools 16650 mitchell creek dr fort bragg ca 95437. Making your own wood bodied planes teaches critical woodworking skills and leaves you with a tool youll love to use.

Making wooden handplanes vic tesolin joins mike and ben to discuss making wooden handplanes identifying troublesome boards before its too late shooting miters what a listener should do with a excess of 4s and they share their favorite techniques for the week. Making a roundover plane. I focus on the jack plane in this excerpt from a class where we build an entire set of wood body hand planes. In that post jim explained some of the reasons that he prefers metal bodied planes.

Make a wooden hand plane duration. Shape it so it feels comfortable in your hand. Whether youre a beginning woodworker crafting a few pieces for your home or a seasoned professional making furniture for a living youll experience tasks that a planewith a sharp blade mind youcan do better than any other power or hand tool. How to make a hand plane mm wood.

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