Hand Tools - Page 15 of 126

Choosing Tools: How to Do More with Less
February 26, 2021

This basic set of tools is enough to get you started building projects right away.
Restoring Handplanes: Sharpening and Setup
February 25, 2021

Rollie Johnson shows his simple but effective method for sharpening a bench plane and then dials it in to get perfect shavings.
Three Planes for Cutting Rabbets
February 24, 2021

Megan Fitzpatrick favors a straight rabbet plane, a shoulder plane, or a skew rabbet/moving fillister for this task.
Michael Fortune’s unconventional vises
February 23, 2021

His work is anything but traditional, so it’s no surprise that he also uses unconventional workholding tools.
Make a wooden pull plane
February 23, 2021

Vic Tesolin's wooden pull plane is not a Japanese plane, but his own version that cuts on the pull stroke instead of pushing like a standard western plane.
Gouges for Green Woodworking
February 20, 2021

David Fisher puts together a collection of his favorite gouges, suggesting which sizes are most useful and explaining what each is best used for.
Restoring Handplanes: Tuning up Parts
February 17, 2021

Rollie Johnson gets his hands dirty in this episode, flattening the mating surfaces of the frog, and the sole of a vintage handplane.
Restoring Handplanes: Cleaning and Repairing
February 10, 2021

Rollie Johnson demonstrates how to clean up an old handplane using something you might already have in your refrigerator: cola.
A reminder that it’s time to sharpen
February 9, 2021

Keen edges save time and energy.
Restoring Handplanes: The Parts of a Bench Plane
February 3, 2021

Learn about the anatomy of a bench plane and what each part does.

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