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HOLDING AND USING A PLANE

November 6, 2011 by Daren Willcock

A WOODEN smoothing-plane is hold by curving the left hand round the front end and straddling the right hand over the back behind the iron, or curving it round the back end. A jack has a toat or handle at the back for the right hand; the left hand grasps it with thumb pressing on … Read more

Using a plane

June 9, 2011 by Daren Willcock

You cannot learn how to use a plane by just reading about it. Skill will come only with handling the tool. It is therefore vital to get as much practice as you can on waste pieces of wood. A plane has a broad blade which projects slightly from the long flat ‘sole’. The further the … Read more