All about Woodworking Planes for cabinet making

  • See what all the parts of a Hand Plane are and exactly how a Woodworking Plane works

  • The second chapter of Cabinetmaking tells you all about about woodworking planes

  • Information on Bench Planes, Block planes, Bailey planes, Bedrock planes, Norris planes.

  • Learn about plane cutters, plane chipbreakers, plane lever cap and what is a plane frog and a plane tote or toat?

  • Bench planes sizes - smoothing planes, jack plane, jointer planes - what sized woodworking planes do furniture makers need? 

  • Find out how the sharpness of the edge, straightness of the edge and the grinding angle affect performance.

  • How to sharpen Woodworking Plane cutters - where the two surfaces of a cutter meet, a line is formed. This line should be straight or slightly curved but not jagged

  • How good are Old Woodworking Planes? Can you restore planes?

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Also published in US by Fox Chapel Publishing as

'Furniture Making - a foundation course'

Cabinet-Making - a foundation course

from the Guild of Master Craftsman Publications the new furniture making book by John Bullar