I’ve always been curious about how a toothed blade performs and how and when it should be used in stock preparation. It’s not a common type of blade for a handplane and so far I’ve only seen one in a cabinet shop. Is was mounted on a wooden bodied plane which looked like a small smoother and I was told it was used to create some grooves on the face of boards when gluing them face to face. Continue reading this post…
When working with wood, most projects start by getting all the lumber flat and square, even if in the end the piece will have some curves or other compound shapes. Starting with four square stock is the first step to accurate joinery and makes it easier to draw other shapes since you can reference all the measurements from the straight edges.
After the joinery is cut and maybe you dry fitted everything so you won’t have any surprises in the end, it’s time to start shaping the piece to its final form. Continue reading this post…
I was catching up on my reading and found an odd post written by The Schwarz where he mentioned “a chisel with rasp-like teeth on its shank”. It sounded like a joke to me…
Everyone who’s been reading Chris’ blog for a while knows he’s a funny guy, but he’s also a talented and knowledgeable woodworker, and above all, a professional journalist. So I gave it a second though and realized I wanted to see what that joke of a tool was all about. Continue reading this post…
Bench planes are without doubt the most used tools on a hand tool shop. You can use them to prepare your rough boards – remove all the cups, bows and twists, plane it down to the thickness you want and smooth the surface in preparation for finishing.
While this task may require various tools like a scrub plane, a jointer, a jack and a smoother, most share the same anatomy. Continue reading this post…
