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Planemaking

Thoughts on the subject from Handplane Central Online, maintained by planemaker C.R. Miller. Lots of random helpful thoughts – the site is still under construction but looks like it will be good for all lovers of hand planes, not just makers.

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Making plow and skated planes

An article about skated planes and their irons, from planemakers Clark and Williams.

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Why make planes from beech?

A little about why planemakers Clark and Williams think beech became the principal wood for plane making.

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Design and tuning considerations for bench planes

Grain orientation and shape are critical design considerations in wooden planes, from planemakersClark and Williams.

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A Closed Tote, Detailed

Bugbear’s account of creating a closed tote for a wooden plane, complete with a scale outline of the tote.

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Fine Tool Building: Steve Knight

Photo essay of planemaker Steve Knight building an ebony smoother in the Krenov style, from the Old Toolin' website.

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Handled Bench Plane

Very long, very detailed, very well documented article on building a handled smoother (razee style) by Leif Hanson.

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WoodWorks Hand Plane

Article on building a wood jack plane taken from the television show of the same name.

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Make Your Own Wooden Hand Plane

Article with good illustrations for making a basic wooden jack, by David Welter of College of the Redwoods.

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Hand-Made Hand Plane from Paduak and MDF

What? Making a hand plane from MDF? That's sacriledge, isn't it? Well, Phillip Edwards makes a very nice little smoother from just that, with a detailed photo essay of every step along the way.

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Handmade Hand Plane

Article from Popular Mechanics – a pretty little Krenov-Style high-angle block plane, with plans.

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Plane Truth

Three more laminated wooden hand planes from Popular Mechanics with laminated soles and designed around Hock blades.

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Wooden Smoother

Dave Cheynie makes a wooden smoother in the Japanese style.

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Making a Shepherd 24 infill jointer

Ian Dalzeil outlines his construction stages, well illustrated

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Infill Shoulder Plane Kit Construction Instructions

On-line instructions for building Hoosier Tools infill shoulder plane kit. Unfortunately Hoosier Tools is no longer in business, but these instructions are a good resource for the infill builder.

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Infill Plane Making

Tool making, including a well documented account of building a SJBTC casting into an infill smoother.

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Unfinished Business: Deconstructing a Plane Construction

This article by Ted Kinsey was published in The Chronical of the EAIA and captured on findarticles.com. The article details an investigation of a partially finished hand plane that turned up at an auction, and what can be learned about historical plane-making techniques from said plane.

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Route Plane Kit

Galoot James DuPrie is making a short run of small router planes for sale. While they are already sold out, he is posting complete details of how he made them for other Galoots to make their own. Individual pages include plans for the wooden body.

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Evolving A Dovetail Plane

Aussie Galoot and amateur tool maker Derek Cohen shows how he transformed an old skew block plane into a sweet wooden dovetail plane.

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Wooden Molding Planes (from scratch)

Philly's photo essay of build a hollow and round plane set from scratch.

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Making a Knob for a Marcou Plane

Fine Planemaker Phillip Marcou demonstrates in great detail how he makes the knobs for his planes. Practical applications abound.