The joy of discovering card scrapers

I’ve read about card scrapers and have appreciated their utility, but for whatever reason they occupied the little pigeon hole

The plan to make a plane

I know that for most of you the simple thought of building a hand plane would result in the shaking

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying my hand at half lap dovetails. Now I know that it

I’ve been on the lookout for a plough plane for a little while. My main need is for running grooves

When I started along the dovetail journey, I used a sliding bevel gauge to mark my angles. It quickly became