Using a Scraper Plane
An award-winning furnituremaker and teacher explains how to prevent a scraper plane from chattering.
Philip C. Lowe
Beverly, Mass.
The founder of the Furniture Institute of Massachusetts answers eight questions from readers about choosing, sharpening, and using handplanes.
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What are the first two or three planes a woodworker should own? PLAY 1 |
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What do I need to know to get started with wooden molding planes? PLAY 2 |
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How do I camber a plane iron, and what’s the right amount of camber? PLAY 3 |
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I ran over a brad with a smoothing plane and nicked the sole. How do I repair the damaged chisels? PLAY 4 |
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What’s the proper mouth opening between the plane blade and the sole? PLAY 5 |
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What plane do you use for smoothing difficult grain? PLAY 6 |
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NOW PLAYING How do you keep a scraper plane from chattering? |
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Watch this beginning October 25 Can you demonstrate how to level a wide panel with a handplane? |
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