Of all the hand tools used in the modern shop, planes exert a special fascination. Though quite simple, planes are enormously versatile and practical when skillfully used. The articles in this book, collected from Fine Woodworking, illustrate a host of topics, including basic plane operation, how to choose the right plane for the job, and specialty planes. Step-by-step instructions show how to build wooden planes - a popular project for hand tool fans - and how to correctly tune and sharpen, essential for proper plane operation.
Learn how to make, modify, restore, and use traditional wooden handplanes. Discover the different types and how to use them to their best advantage; how to tune up a new plane for peak performance; and how to make your own set of planes.
Presents an introduction to woodworking, covering wood, joinery, woodworking machines, and hand tools, and including illustrated, step-by-step instructions for five projects.
Plane users, craftsmen who would like to become plane users, and plane collectors all will find a wealth of how-to information, backed with more than 500 images in this definitive guide to hand planes. The use of hand planes results in a quieter, cleaner wood shop, and matches the efficiencies of power tools for many of the processes involved in making wood furniture. In addition to covering nearly ten types of planes, this book also divulges some shop secrets to making your own plane, restoring antique planes, and troubleshooting your planes.
Discover why this traditional tool has a home in your modern workshop, with step-by-step instructions, full-color photos, detailed illustrations, and clear diagrams. Learn how to choose, set up, maintain, and use Japanese handplanes to achieve stunning results.
For woodworkers, hand tools put the emphasis on the process of woodworking rather than the result. Yet hand tools also are essential to the highest level of craftsmanship, bringing a refinement to work that machines alone cannot produce. Whether using hand tools alone as a source of pleasure, quality, or efficiency, or in combination with machines, woodworker can trust the information in Woodworking with Hand Tools, a collection of 35 articles from the experts at Fine Woodworking magazine. In Woodworking with Hand Tools, expert craftsmen explain how they choose, sharpen, and use every kind of hand tool. There's advice on tool maintenance, techniques for getting the most from the tools, and projects made using hand tools. With clear photographs, drawings, and step-by-step instructions, Woodworking with Hand Tools will be a useful and necessary resource for anyone who works wood.
Create beautiful wooden animal portraits on the scroll saw with Woodworker's Pattern Book. Realistic ready-to-use patterns are provided for 78 fascinating creatures, from exotic predators to familiar backyard friends. Father and son scroll sawing team Wayne and Jacob Fowler have based every design on their own extensive photographic studies of live animals, taken on location in the wild, in zoos, and in nature preserves. Each animal can be cut as a single, freestanding piece of wood. The authors include advice for beginners on getting started, with expert scrolling tips and techniques plus advice on wood preparation, blade selection, cutting strategy, finishing, and display options. A full color photo gallery will inspire you with the range of impressive wildlife projects that you can complete with this book. 78 realistic, ready-to-use patterns include: Big Cats - Alert Siberian Tiger - Mountain Lion - Cheetah Prowling - Jaguar Resting - Watchful Leopard Predators - Snarling Wolf - Red Fox - Polar Bear - Black Bear with Cubs - Florida Alligator Birds of Prey - Golden Eagle - Barn Owl with Mouse - Peregrine Falcon - Sparrow Hawk - Osprey with Dinner Backyard Animals - Big Horn Sheep - Black Tailed Deer - Cottage Chipmunk - Eastern Massauga Rattlesnake - Jackrabbit Exotic Animals - Cape Buffalo - Giraffe Mother and Child - Rhinoceros - Savannah Elephant - Peacock Resplendent