Many aspiring young woodworkers often get enamored with electric power tools because they seem more straightforward to use than their manual counterparts. Most newbies, for example, prefer the electric plane over the hand plane because the electric version reduces muscle work and makes planing easier. This penchant for anything electric more often leaves many manual …
If you have a creative mind, you should not think twice about engaging in woodworking. The reason is that woodworking will provide you with an excellent avenue to actualize your creative ideas. Remember that a creative idea is not yet creative if you don’t follow it through with action. So, if you got the urge …
Both jack plan es and smoothing planes are necessary tools for woodworkers. Besides, both require muscle power to enable and force the cutting blade over the stock’s surface to remove material off the wood surface. A quick glance at these two hand planes would make you think they are almost identical. Yet, upon closer scrutiny, …
Are you searching for a general-purpose bench plane? If you are, you should check out the jack plane. A jack plane is a large plane used primarily for dressing down timber to prepare it for truing or edge jointing. It is usually the first plane you would use on your material, although if you have …