The Village Carpenter

Making this plane is proving to be an excellent learning experience. It didn't work all that well at first—shavings were getting stuck...

I employed various chisels and files, and worked in from the top and bottom of the plane in order to open the mouth.  It can take awhile ...

If you're making one of these planes along with me, here are some errors you can avoid. When drilling into the mouth to open it...

With pencil, I outlined the shape of the throat, scrolls, abutments, cheeks, and bed. Then I started chopping. Here are pro...

Here is the layout for the throat, mouth, bed, abutments, and cheeks for my plane. I referenced two books: Wooden Planes and How to Make T...

.....the more I realize how very little I know. In my two most recent posts, readers corrected me on a few points. As well they should. ...

Before cutting up the chunk of cherry that I'm using for the  horned smoothing plane , I consulted Philip Edwards of Philly Planes abou...

There's a blokschaaf (or six) in that chunk of wood. Ah, the thrill of starting a new project. It's like the beginning of a ne...