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/hand-planes-where-to-begin http://www.handplane.com/hand-planes-where-to-begin#comments Wed, 09 Aug 2006 02:40:56 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/archives/101 http://www.handplane.com/hand-planes-where-to-begin/feed 0 The Stanley Plane – A benchmark in metal hand planes for the past 140 years. For the beginner, choosing which type of hand plane to buy first up can be a daunting task. Furnituremaker Wesley Johanson looks at what’s available and offers some helpful advice along the way. Arguably no other tool symbolizes the fine art of [...] http://www.handplane.com/thoughts-on-hand-plane-sole-flatness http://www.handplane.com/thoughts-on-hand-plane-sole-flatness#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:12:47 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=66 http://www.handplane.com/thoughts-on-hand-plane-sole-flatness/feed 0 It should be said that almost all hand planes on the market will need some adjustment and a little attention, when you get them home from the store, in order to make them truly sing. Any plane will be made better by a little fettling here or there. As far as plane soles being perfectly [...] http://www.handplane.com/specialty-wooden-planes-and-scrapers http://www.handplane.com/specialty-wooden-planes-and-scrapers#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:55:01 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=59 http://www.handplane.com/specialty-wooden-planes-and-scrapers/feed 0 This is the final installment regarding the description and purpose of woodworking planes by W.F.M. Goss in the book “Bench Work In Wood: A Course Of Study And Practice Designed For The Use Of Schools And Colleges”. This book was first published by Ginn & Co, Boston in 1888 when all wooden planes were being [...] http://www.handplane.com/iron-planes-their-types-and-uses http://www.handplane.com/iron-planes-their-types-and-uses#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:14:06 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=58 http://www.handplane.com/iron-planes-their-types-and-uses/feed 0 “Wooden bench planes have had their day, and are going out of use…” …So wrote W.F.M. Goss in the 1888 book “Bench Work In Wood: A Course Of Study And Practice Designed For The Use Of Schools And Colleges” published by Ginn & Co, Boston. W.F.M. Goss was a professor of practical mechanics at Purdue University [...] http://www.handplane.com/truing-the-soles-of-wooden-planes http://www.handplane.com/truing-the-soles-of-wooden-planes#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:29:38 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=57 http://www.handplane.com/truing-the-soles-of-wooden-planes/feed 0 This article has been transcribed from the book “Bench Work In Wood: A Course Of Study And Practice Designed For The Use Of Schools And Colleges” by the writer W.F.M. Goss. which was first printed by Ginn & Co, Boston in 1888. W.F.M. Goss was a professor of practical mechanics at Purdue University in Lafayette, [...] http://www.handplane.com/wooden-bench-plane-basics http://www.handplane.com/wooden-bench-plane-basics#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2006 12:30:58 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=56 http://www.handplane.com/wooden-bench-plane-basics/feed 0 The following passages have been transcribed from the book “Bench Work In Wood: A Course Of Study And Practice Designed For The Use Of Schools And Colleges” by the writer W.F.M. Goss. which was first printed by Ginn & Co, Boston in 1888. W.F.M. Goss was a professor of practical mechanics at Purdue University in [...] http://www.handplane.com/perfect-pitch-bedding-angles-explained http://www.handplane.com/perfect-pitch-bedding-angles-explained#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:58:54 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=45 http://www.handplane.com/perfect-pitch-bedding-angles-explained/feed 0 It’s no secret to anybody familiar with using hand planes that different blade angles produce different results. A lower blade angle is generally better for end grain work while a very high blade angle is great for scraping. Is there a perfect blade angle that will do all manner of jobs in all circumstances? The [...] http://www.handplane.com/using-hand-planes-the-shearing-cut http://www.handplane.com/using-hand-planes-the-shearing-cut#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:55:53 +0000 Administrator http://www.handplane.com/?p=36 http://www.handplane.com/using-hand-planes-the-shearing-cut/feed 0 When you have to plane end grain or a specially hard wood you no doubt skew the plane at an angle so that it makes a shearing out. Why? Because you have found from experience that it eases the work. But have you considered just why this is? Well, in the first place skewing the [...]