Hand Tools - Page 17 of 126

Bob Van Dyke demonstrates how to properly use a shoulder plane: checking for square, honing the blade, inserting and adjusting the blade, and using the plane to adjust tenons, clean up rabbets, and refine moldings, among other tasks.

If you're on the fence about whether you should add a mule to your split-rail shaving horse, watch just how well one works.

While Mike Pekovich prefers a large shoulder plane to tune his joinery, he shows how the process can easily be done with a much more affordable vintage rabbet plane like the Stanley #78.

Use two decades of tool tests to compile your hand-tool kit, and you won't go wrong.

With its well-thought-out features and small size, the Woodpeckers DelVe square packs a big punch.

Vic Tesolin likes to have his tools out in the open where he can see them, and more importantly use them.

Learn how to choose, maintain, and use an adze to quickly hog away green wood and form pleasing curves.

Chairmaker Peter Galbert takes you through the different types of spokeshave, how to tune them, where to use each type, and which ones he likes best.

Bill Pavlak shows you a few simple ways you can train your eye to gauge small distances and simple spatial relationships.

While visiting a local tag sale, professional upholsterer Michael Mascelli came across one worker's complete upholstery tool kit from the early 20th century.