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Traditional Wooden Handplanes: How to Restore, Modify & Use Antique Planes, Plus a Bonus Section on Making New Planes in the Antique Style (Fox Chapel Publishing) Over 200 Photos & Illustrations - Softcover

Scott Wynn

 
9781565238879: Traditional Wooden Handplanes: How to Restore, Modify & Use Antique Planes, Plus a Bonus Section on Making New Planes in the Antique Style (Fox Chapel Publishing) Over 200 Photos & Illustrations
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1565238877 ISBN 13: 9781565238879
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Traditional Wooden Handplanes is the essential reference for hand tool enthusiasts! Learn how to:

  • Restore, make, modify & use traditional wood handplanes
  • Tune up a new plane to get the best performance
  • Sharpen plane blades
  • Make a set of 6 types of this style of plane with Step by step instructions
  • Set up a flea market find

In a world of heavy and expensive handplanes, traditional wood handplanes are affordable, light in weight, low in friction, comfortable to use, and available in a wide variety of blade angles.

Author and woodworking instructor Scott Wynn has been working with this versatile tool for four decades. In Traditional Wooden Handplanes he shows you how to make, modify, restore, and use antique planes.

Scott reveals how traditional wood planes work, how to set up a flea market find, and how to tune up a new plane for peak performance.

You'll learn about the different types and how to use them to their best advantage; which blade angles are best, which blade steel you might want to use, and finally, how to make your own set of planes using some modern techniques that simplify construction and improve performance.

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About the Author

Scott Wynn is a fourth generation craftsman who brings a lifetime of involvement in craft, art and design to his work. He has a broad base of hands-on experience as a carpenter, cabinetmaker, woodcarver, luthier, building contractor and architectural designer. Scott has maintained a professional shop providing furniture, cabinetry and woodcarving since 1976. He has written and illustrated articles on the craft of woodworking for Fine Homebuilding, Fine Woodworking, and Woodwork magazines.

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Publisher
Fox Chapel Publishing
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1565238877
ISBN 13 
9781565238879
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
204