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DID YOU KNOW…

To some people, learning a new skill can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Handplane Central has information for beginner woodworkers on the many different types of planes and what they’re used for. Why are some planes longer than others, and why do the blades all have different angles? What hand plane is best for your needs and what are the essential planes you simply can’t work without?

Handplane Central also has information on how to set up your plane properly so that it works the best way possible. Want to know the correct way to use a plane, such as for shooting the end of a board or thicknessing down to a line, then Handplane Central can help with that as well. We also have information on blade sharpening, flattening a sole or repairing a handle.

Woods Used In Making Infill Planes

The Lore Of Timber Many different kinds of timber can be used for planemaking in general. Most of the old wooden planes of past generations have been made from timbers such as beech, hornbeam, maple, boxwood and birch. I have seen some fin examples of…

Metals Used In Making Planes

The Stuff Of Metal When it comes to the materials that can be used in planemaking it can sometimes become quite easy to “lose the plot”. This is especially true when you consider the vast array of metals available – both ferrous and nonferrous. In…

Practical Plane Making (Part IV)

Practical Planemaking 4 By W. J. Armour Sash Fillister Next to the plough the sash fillister (Fig. 36) is the most difficult to make. Views of the top, sole, and side of a sash fillister are given in Figs. 37, 38, and 39. The wood…

Practical Plane Making (Part III)

Practical Planemaking 3 By W. J. Armour Stop Work: the Plough Ploughs are generally made in lots of from three to six; the reason is that the mouldings on the ends of the stems and fences are stuck together, and could not be stuck so…

Practical Plane Making (Part II)

Practical Planemaking 2 By W. J. Armour Moulding Planes As a rule, all moulding planes are made 9 1/2 in. long, and as they mostly work on the spring, they are not required to have the grain of the wood so straight as in a…

Practical Plane Making (Part I)

The following article by William J. Armour was originally published in four parts in “Work, The Illustrated Journal for Mechanics” in early 1898. Armour was a plane maker from the Pimlico area of London and is noted in W.L. Goodman’s book “British Planemakers From 1700”….