Hand Plane

A hand plane is needed in every wood shop.  Shaving that last bit off the bottom of the door you're hanging, or matching up those miters just right can't happen without a hand plane.  There are a variety of types of hand planes too including radius planes, Chamfer wood planes, block planes, low angle planes and more so no matter what, you can find the hand plane you need to get the job done.

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  Tall Kitchen Chair Project

  This kitchen chair is built with the height of standard kitchen counters and islands, using attractive black walnut and skillful design.

  
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  How to Use Scrap Wood and a Clamp to Prevent Breakaway on Your Planer

  When planing, one of the biggest issues is splintering in the end grain, but a quick clamping jig and some scrap wood provides great protection.

  
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  Plane and Simple Woodworking: Close Shaves

  Spokeshaves are small plane blades and handles that are perfect for cutting round and curved shapes into your roughed-out workpieces.

  
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  Plane and Simple Woodworking: Handplane Stock Prep

  Hand planes can take on a key role in your workshop, from planing large panels too big for standard planers to evening out the smallest parts.

  
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  Plane and Simple Woodworking: Why Scrapers?

  Rather than sanding a project down, one easy to use alternative is a scraper, which works like a fine hand plane to smooth out most any wood

  
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  Plane and Simple Woodworking: Jack Planes

  Jack planes are mid-sized hand planes perfect for planing doors, panels, and creating and paring down joint edges before you start glue-ups.

  
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  How to Choose a Hand Plane Number and Slope Angle for Shop Use on Your Workpiece

  Woodworking expert Ian Kirby explains the difference between different numbered planes and their slopes and on which projects to use them.

  
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  Plane and Simple Woodworking: Block Planes

  Block planes might seem like a antique from a different era of woodworking, but hand planes have a place in almost any modern shop for multiple tasks.

  
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  Stanley Sweetheart Wood Planes and SquidBrite LED Work Light and Stand

  Stanley’s line of tools extends from classic Sweetheart hand planes to more modern innovations, like the SquidBrite LED Work Light and Stand.

  
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  Ian Kirby Woodworking Design: Hand Plane Tool Wood Planing and Joinery

  The hand plane is one of the most classic woodworking tools, and it still holds many uses in the shop for fine and coarse planing and joinery.

  
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  Using a Hand Plane with Ian Kirby DVD Shows Planing Techniques and a Cutting Board Plan

  In “Using a Hand Plane with Ian Kirby” the master woodworker shows off the classic tool and using it for all planing applications and making a cutting board.

  
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  Sharpening and Maintaining Your Bench Plane

  Sharpening and maintaining the old style bench hand planes doesn’t come intuitively to many woodworkers, but Ian Kirby offers some advice.

  
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  How to Use Your Router Table and Hand Plane to Make a Rodmaker’s Plane

  A rodmaker’s plane is a real help when constructing a fishing rod, but they can be expensive and they can be easily built in the shop.

  
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  How to Sharpen and Burnish a Cabinet Scraper in Three Steps

  To properly get your cabinet scraper in working order and keep it maintained, you should take a burnishing rod to it in three easy steps.

  
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  Sound to Earth | The Story of Weber Mandolins and Guitars Straight From the Shop in Montana

  This past summer, I went out to Bozeman, Montana, for a reunion of acoustic musician friends. My cousin Tom “Mandotom” Murphy hosted the get-together. Tom showed us his new, beautiful maple octave mandolin which was custom-built by the luthiers at a shop about 45 minutes from his place. Sound to Earth is owned by Bruce [...]

  
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  Cutting a Long Grain Rabbet with Cutting Tools and a Shoulder Plane

  A shoulder plane makes cutting clean and accurate long grain rabbets smooth and easy, especially as you make your planing with the grain.

  
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  Cutting End Grain Rabbets Using Cutting Tools and a Shoulder Plane

  A standard shoulder plane can make short work of cutting out end grain rabbets from wood like mahogany after a starting mark from a cutting tool.

  
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  Shoulder & Coachmaker’s Rabbet Planes

  Many modern shops have passed them by in favor of standard planes, but specialized shoulder and rabbet planes can still have a place in your shop.