Handplane Central

Hand planes, Stanley planes, infill planes & planemaking

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Our aim is to make Handplane Central a valuable source of information for all types of handplanes, including wooden planes, infill planes and Stanley type planes.

If you want to make a woodworking plane we have a selection of plans for making planes and we're adding new articles almost every day. So if you're into planemaking, aspiring to be a planemaker, a hand plane collector or just want to learn about hand planes in general and how to use them then Handplane Central is a good place to start.

Category: Handplane Types


Planemaking – Casting And Making An Iron Trying Plane
Building A Shepherd Smoother
Making A Dovetail Plane (Part I)
Interview With Plane Maker Steve Knight
The Watkinson Patent Plane
Norris No. A-1 Dovetailed Panel Plane (13-1/2″)
Norris No. 1 Dovetailed Jointing Plane (25-1/2″)
Spiers No. 1 Dovetailed Panel Plane (13-1/2″)
Interview With Plane Maker Malcolm Macpherson
The Howkins Plane
Sauer + Steiner Toolworks
Interview With Plane Maker Philip Marcou
Holtey 11-S Plane
Mujingfang Rabbet Plane
Mujingfang Palm Smoothing Plane
Basic Tools For Metal Plane Making – Part II
Basic Tools For Metal Plane Making – Part I
Timbers Used For Pattern Making
Parts Of A Wooden Plane
Interview With Infill Plane Maker Bill Carter
PlaneFest 2006 – Worlds Best Hand Plane Makers Unite
Books On Wooden Plane Making
The Norris Adjuster
Buck & Hickman 1935 Catalog
Marples Prefabricated Smoothing Plane
Woods Used In Making Infill Planes
Stanley 1902 Catalog
Anderson Planes – Traditional Style Infill Planes
Ashby Tool Company – Infill Block Plane Review
Specialty Wooden Planes And Scrapers
Iron Planes – Their Types And Uses
Truing The Soles Of Wooden Planes
Wooden Bench Plane Basics
Norris 1928 Catalog
Miller “Rhino Horn” Gunmetal Infill Shoulder Plane
Norris 1914 Catalog
eBay Planes Linked To Thomas Jefferson?
Badger Cast Bronze Bullnose Plane
Spiers Dovetailed Smoothing Plane (Early)
Spiers No. 11 Dovetailed Bullnose Plane
Norris No. 13 Smoothing Plane
Practical Plane Making (Part IV)
Practical Plane Making (Part III)
Practical Plane Making (Part II)
Practical Plane Making (Part I)
Dovetailing Infill Planes (Part II)
Dovetailing Infill Planes (Part I)
Plane Works – Gunmetal Infill Panel Planes
C. R. Miller Planes – Pamphlets
Henley Optical Company – Best English Mitre Plane
Ashby Tool Company – Gunmetal Infill Block Plane
Remembering Thomas Norris & His Planes
Stanley #72 Chamfer Plane
Through Much Tribulation