http://www.handplane.com Hand planes, Stanley planes, infill planes & planemaking Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:59:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 http://www.handplane.com/the-howkins-plane http://www.handplane.com/the-howkins-plane#comments Thu, 10 Aug 2006 07:04:11 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/archives/52 http://www.handplane.com/the-howkins-plane/feed 0 As anyone who has collected or used hand planes for a few years knows, the hand plane world is full of many oddities. Planes that probably should never have seen the light of day due to poor design, poor marketing or a combination of both sit alongside other planes so ingeniously designed and innovative for [...] http://www.handplane.com/sauer-steiner-toolworks http://www.handplane.com/sauer-steiner-toolworks#comments Thu, 10 Aug 2006 04:10:41 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/archives/20 http://www.handplane.com/sauer-steiner-toolworks/feed 0 While there have been a few dedicated makers of infill planes over the past 60 years there has been somewhat of a resurgence in the “lost art” of infill planemaking within the last decade or so. One of the best makers carving a niche for themselves in recent years is a company from Canada, Sauer [...] http://www.handplane.com/the-watkinson-patent-plane http://www.handplane.com/the-watkinson-patent-plane#comments Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:03:48 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/archives/169 http://www.handplane.com/the-watkinson-patent-plane/feed 0 One of the curious oddities in Australian plane making over the last 80 years has been the designs and patents of Herbert Edward Watkinson in the 1930’s. At the time H.E. Watkinson was a cabinetmaker residing in Launceston, Tasmania who had developed a plane in which the pitch, or cutting angle, of the blade could [...] http://www.handplane.com/interview-with-infill-plane-maker-bill-carter http://www.handplane.com/interview-with-infill-plane-maker-bill-carter#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:51:25 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=96 http://www.handplane.com/interview-with-infill-plane-maker-bill-carter/feed 0 After spending most of his working life as a carpenter and cabinetmaker, forty-eight year old Bill Carter decided that he would like to make handplanes for a living from his home workshop in Leicester, England. That was in 1987 and although he had made many wooden planes before this time, almost all of his planes [...] http://www.handplane.com/anderson-planes-traditional-style-infill-planes http://www.handplane.com/anderson-planes-traditional-style-infill-planes#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:57:07 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=11 http://www.handplane.com/anderson-planes-traditional-style-infill-planes/feed 0 Anderson Planes is a one-man operation run by Wayne Anderson from a modest basement workshop in Elk River, MN. Each and every plane that has come out of the workshop over the years has been crafted by hand at almost every step of the way. Thankfully for hand plane aficionados it shows that you don’t [...] http://www.handplane.com/hnt-gordon-planes-good-wood-down-under http://www.handplane.com/hnt-gordon-planes-good-wood-down-under#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2006 14:40:59 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=15 http://www.handplane.com/hnt-gordon-planes-good-wood-down-under/feed 0 After several years of development H.N.T Gordon and Co sold their first classic hand planes in 1995. Since then the business has concentrated on making a range of high quality hand crafted woodworking planes at an affordable price which have now sold to woodworkers and craftspeople all over the world. Located in Alstonville in northern [...] http://www.handplane.com/plane-works-gunmetal-infill-panel-planes http://www.handplane.com/plane-works-gunmetal-infill-panel-planes#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:40:03 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=26 http://www.handplane.com/plane-works-gunmetal-infill-panel-planes/feed 0 The following text was taken from a three-page promotional leaflet which was acquired in 1992. Originally there were no pictures with the leaflet and the ones here were sourced from the magazine “Australian Wood Review”. While it is understood that the company no longer produces planes on a full-time basis, they may still have finished hand [...] http://www.handplane.com/c-r-miller-planes-pamphlets http://www.handplane.com/c-r-miller-planes-pamphlets#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:32:10 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=25 http://www.handplane.com/c-r-miller-planes-pamphlets/feed 0 These advertising pamphlets are from the Australian maker of dovetailed infill planes, C. R. Miller Planes. The first is from around 1996 and features original “old style engraved” illustrations of some of C. R. Miller’s range on one side, with a background on the maker and plane specification information on the reverse side. The second pamphlet, [...] http://www.handplane.com/henley-optical-company-best-english-mitre-plane http://www.handplane.com/henley-optical-company-best-english-mitre-plane#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2006 05:37:24 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=28 http://www.handplane.com/henley-optical-company-best-english-mitre-plane/feed 0 Thoroughbred: A Best English Mitre Plane from the Henley Optical Co. By Antony Talbot In a quiet Oxfordshire town comes exciting news of a venture that will delight all woodworkers. Once again planes, English planes made to the highest standards of quality workmanship and finish, are available to the craftsman. Made in the best traditions of the [...] http://www.handplane.com/ashby-tool-company-gunmetal-infill-plane http://www.handplane.com/ashby-tool-company-gunmetal-infill-plane#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2006 03:09:07 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=27 http://www.handplane.com/ashby-tool-company-gunmetal-infill-plane/feed 0 NOTE: The following text and scans are taken from a brochure released by the Ashby Tool Company sometime in early 1996. I’ve included it on this site because it’s always nice to have brochures, catalogs, advertisements and other historical documents from the manufacturers themselves, as they help to provide part of the overall picture of [...] http://www.handplane.com/rali-planes-a-new-generation-of-hand-plane http://www.handplane.com/rali-planes-a-new-generation-of-hand-plane#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2006 04:00:01 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=14 http://www.handplane.com/rali-planes-a-new-generation-of-hand-plane/feed 0 It’s been about 10 years or so since Rali Planes burst on to the general woodworking scene. When they first appeared they were praised by home handymen and weekend do-it-yourselfers as the greatest thing since sliced bread due to their modern looks and innovative blade changing mechanisms but, at the same time, were quickly slammed [...] http://www.handplane.com/bridge-city-tools http://www.handplane.com/bridge-city-tools#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:35:27 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=9 http://www.handplane.com/bridge-city-tools/feed 0 Bridge City Tools have been around for quite a while now. The first Bridge City tool – a rosewood and brass try square – was produced in 1983 by John Economaki. Since then they’ve gone on to carve out a nice little niche market for themselves by producing a range of functional and attractive woodworking [...]