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New Plane Stamp by Blacksmith Peter Ross
If you have been keeping up with the blog then you may have noticed that I don't stamp the toe of my planes. I have had a custom stamp for my furniture for a long time but my planes have gone nameless....
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How to Drill the Mortise on a Moulding / Molding Plane
That title should probably be "What to use to drill a mortise on a moulding plane" but the "how to" must start out with the right tool. The wide mortises are easy. There are several different options...
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8 Things To Like About A Wooden Bench Plane
No. 1. They are light and quick. But you say "You need that mass.". Bologna (no offense bologna I like you). What goes forward must come back. That reminds me, my back feels a lot better using a...
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Peter Galbert Drawsharp - Tool Review
I should start off by making it clear, if you don't read my blog, that I am friends with Pete and this could be easily categorized as a biased review. I realize this but I am a chairmaker so here is my...
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Danish Modern Chair Joinery - Using the Slot Mortiser
I know that when you look at a Danish modern chair there are a few kinds of joints that we are not familiar with in our western chair making. The rectilinear cylindrical shaped cross rails as well as...
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Free Wooden Jack Plane Plans - 18th Century Style
So in my continuing effort to confound people as to how I make my living giving everything I know away in my spare time here is more plans to print and hopefully make something with. (Download link is...
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Dark Side Of The Moon
I have been deep into completing some plans that have been in the works for about 8 months now. I have been dragging these out and am finally on the home stretch.I know that many people have been...
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How to Make the Mouth, Abutment & Wedge For A Wooden Bench Plane
The hardest part of a wooden bench plane to wrap your head around is with out a doubt also the soul and heart of the very plane itself. It is where all the good stuff happens. It is the parts you can't...
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Tapered Bench Plane Blades for Traditional Wooden Planes
UPDATE:Am I the last person to know about this? Lee Valley sells tapered plane blades! Check them out here. Ok so they are shorter than my bench plane blades. That is my only complaint. I really don't...
View ArticleSorry! My Bad
In my sincere effort to share what I thought was an out of print book from what seemed a legitimate online source I stupidly shared a link to an illegitimate website sharing a book that, yes, was out...
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Free Cyma Recta / Ogee Profile Moulding Plane Plans
Here is some plans I have had setting on the shelf and I finally got around to cleaning them up well enough to throw out here on the blog. Hope you like them.This is a complex profile moulding plane...
View ArticleLie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event - Charleston, SC - March 28-29th, 2014
Its official. I will be a guest demonstrator at the upcoming Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event in Charleston, SC on March 28th and 29th. It will be at the American College of the Building Arts.I hope that...
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Boxing for Wooden Moulding Planes
One hard thing to acquire when making a moulding plane is the material for boxing. For any of you that are not familiar with the term boxing it has to do with the wood that is inserted into high wear...
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Tapered Bench Plane Blades Production Progress
So I have the blades back after machining and they look great. I just need to get these heat treated now. The larger ones are a bit too big to heat treat like I currently do my moulding plane blades...
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What Planemaker Floats Do You Need For Making Wooden Moulding And Bench Planes?
Here's a question that comes up often. I think the question is which ones don't I need. Let me just show you which ones I think are pretty much necessary to make these planes. These don't cover skewed...
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Danish Modern Chair Joinery - Møller Style Joints
I got a little nudge to follow up on something I promised to talk more about which is how to do those joints in Danish furniture where the rails meet at the same height on a post of a chair leg.From...
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Continuous Arm Chair Plans - UPDATE
I just wanted to update everyone to let you know that the chair plans of Curtis Buchanan's continuous arm chair are almost ready. I have finished up my part of the technical drawings and we just need...
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Proof is in the Pudding - Wedging Tenons
My pudding is pistachio, what's yours? That makes no sense but that is what just came to me when I looked at my photos.What am I talking about? Well an interesting little thing that I came upon when...
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German Style Horned Smoother - In The Works
Not too long ago I had the pleasure of talking with Jeff Neil. He is a couple hour drive from me up in the Tennessee mountains. He coordinates speakers for a guild up his way. During our conversing he...
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Continuous Arm Windsor Chair Plans Are Here
Ok if you haven't already gotten an email from Curtis Buchanan about his continuous arm chair plans being up on his website for sale then here is your notice. If you already know about them then this...
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