Working
with Handplanes
by
Best of Fine Woodworking
Softcover
215 x 275mm
153pp
Published by The Taunton Press, Connecticut, USA.
R.R.P.$24.90
ISBN 1-56158-748-6
Extract from back cover of book:
With a sharp, well-tuned handplane you can quickly adjust the fit of parts or joints, flatten a panel or produce a glass-smooth surface for finishing. But learning to use this classic handtool can be something of a challenge. This book offers advice on how to choose handplanes and tune and sharpen them for top performance. There is also in-depth information on specialty planes and spokeshaves.
What's
Inside:
- Choosing the right bench planes
- Flattening wide panels
-
Planing difficult grain
- Making and using a shooting board
- Using rabbet
planes
- Tuning up a spokeshave
- Making wooden planes
Photos: Colour
Units of Measurement: Imperial
Contents
Introduction
Section 1 Bench Planes
Making
Music with a Plane
James Krenov
Straight
Talk About Planes
Richard Starr
Four
Planes That Earn Their Keep
Sven Hanson
Three
Bench Planes
Michael Dunbar
User's
Guide to Block Planes
Chris Gochnour
Section 2 Planing Techniques
Flattening
Wide Panels by Hand
William Tandy Young
Planing
Difficult Grain
Mario Rodriguez
Planing
Corner Joints
Jeff Miller
Chamfers
Garrett Hack
Shooting
Board Aims for Accuracy
Ed Speas
Shooting
Boards Aim for Tight Joints
Michael Dunbar
Section 3 Specialty Planes
Rabbet
Planes Are Real Shop Workhorses
Garrett Hack
Compass
Planes
Hank Gilpin
The
Stanley No. 55: King of Combination Planes
Mario Rodriguez
Japanese
Planes Demystified
Carl Swensson
Section 4 Spokeshaves
The
Spokeshave
Mario Rodriguez
Soup
Up Your Spokeshave
Brian Boggs
Section 5 Scrapers
The
Scraper Can Replaces a Stack of Sandpaper
Philip C. Lowe
Cabinet
Scrapers
Monroe Robinson
The Buekhorn Scraper
Scott Wynn
Making
Small Scrapers
William Tandy Young
Section 6 Making Planes and Scratch Stocks
Wooden
Planes
David Welter
Wooden
Chisel Plane
Norm Pollack
Simple
Tools Can Reproduce Most Moldings
Robert S. Judd
Scratch
Stocks
Rob Millard
Make
a Wooden Scraper
Stephen Shepherd
Credits
Index