After a little sharpening and making the normal ... You can do everything you need to do with these three essential hand planes—low-angle block plane with adjustable throat, a #4 or #4½ ...

After grinding the plane iron to a uniform angle, begin honing on the ... sharp and the bit spins without wobble. Sharpening twist drill bits by hand on a bench grinder is somewhat of a knack.

It needs to be tuned, and the biggest part of tuning any hand plane is getting the blade at least as sharp as a new razor blade. This takes practice and equipment, and that’s why a line of no ...

Of all the tools you use to shape wood, the hand plane ... Use an angle gauge to lay out the cuts, and saw to the waste sides of the lines on a band saw. Use a razor-sharp block plane to plane ...