Planemaking Tips & Tricks Archives

Hand planes, Stanley planes, infill planes & planemaking

DID YOU KNOW…

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.

Some Hand Plane Making Tips From Bill Carter

Following on from our interview with British hand plane maker Bill Carter, Bill has given Handplane Central a few of his tips and tricks that he has discovered over the years while making infill and wooden hand planes. On keeping things in their place: What…

Dovetailing Infill Planes (Part II)

Continuing on from yesterdays article on dovetailing, today we talk about the peening side of making an infill plane. Peening dovetails Diagram of a former for a smoothing plane. The easiest way I’ve found to peen dovetails together is to not use a vice at…

Dovetailing Infill Planes (Part I)

To many people the British style infill plane symbolizes the epitome of high class plane making. The 19th century hand planes manufactured by Stewart Spiers, Thomas Norris and others are coveted and prized by collectors and users alike for their workmanship, their beauty, their solidness…