In this video, we focus on sharpening and setting up handplanes without the need for jigs. Common issues with handplanes ...

If you’re a woodworker, you know the value of a good hand plane. A stout model will last a lifetime if properly cared for. [Process X] has now taken us behind the scenes of a Japanese factory that ...

Hand planes often fall into the category of essential woodworking tools under $100. They come in a variety of designs, shapes, and sizes, with the popular versions divided loosely into bench planes ...

I recently installed a set of French doors in my apartment. Jams were plum, trim looked great. Everything was perfect—until I closed the doors. Where they met in the middle, they actually met. I could ...

Wood planes are interesting tools as essential as hammers, nails and saws to those who “fix” and “make” wooden objects. While the primary tasks of most planes are to smooth wooded surfaces and even ...

If you’re a woodworker, you know the value of a good hand plane. A stout model will last a lifetime if properly cared for. [Process X] has now taken us behind the scenes of a Japanese factory that ...

Forty years ago, I was wandering down the aisle of a flea market in New Milford, Connecticut. My search for bargain-priced tools had brought me there, and I came upon a vendor’s table stocked with old ...

Japanese hand planes or kannas are remarkable tools that can shave off layers of wood so ridiculously thin that they look like tissue paper. The wood shaving in the GIF above is only 8 microns thick ...