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Adam Peterson demonstrates how to test your hand plane to see if the blade of the woodworking plane is perfectly square with the sole of the plane.

So after all these years it seems I've been seduced by hand planes. I had the pleasure of being introduced to some very well tuned hand planes recently and...

So You Dropped Your No.4 Hand Plane?: You were smoothing some wood, got a cramp, dropped your favorite hand plane on the floor and now it looks like this? No worries, it happens to the best. You don't need to throw it in the trash just yet. Together, we'll turn it into an even better h…

Hand planes are considered obsolete by some. I disagree. Every woodshop should have these four hand planes, the best of 2024.

There are broadly five different categories of woodworking hand planes, with metal and wooden equivalents of each type. Read our full guide!

Shop-made Hand Plane Woodworking Plan Build an heirloom-quality tool using just scraps and an $11 plan iron. There's a certain satisfaction that comes from using a tool you made yourself. And when it's as easy and inexpensive to make as this plane, you'll find yourself reaching for it again and again. Featured in WOOD Issue 206, September 2011

A simple method for building three basic hand planes.

Stanley Plane Identification and Stanley Plane Dating: What year and type is your Stanley Bailey handplane? Find out with this Stanley Bailey Plane Type Study. Helpful for Traditional Woodworkers and eBay sellers.

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