Making a Wooden Plane: Hardening
Paul walks us through the process of hardening and tempering an iron for a small plane. He then heads to the workshop to clean up and sharpen the blade and finishes off by showing how to adjust the plane.
Making a Wooden Plane – Episode 3
In this final episode, Paul finishes refining the shape of the plane, and then cuts and shapes the iron to the same radius as the bottom of the plane. He then finishes of by sharpening the iron. The hardening process will be in a separate free video.
Making a Wooden Plane – Episode 2
In this episode, Paul shows us how to shape the bottom of the plane to certain radii, and shape the wedge to allow the shavings to escape from the mouth of the plane.
Making a Wooden Plane – Episode 1
In this episode, Paul talks us through how to lay out all the parts of the plane. He goes on to cut the different sections of the body and make the wedge and wedge housing. This episode concludes with the gluing up of the plane body in preparation for the shaping.
Making a Wooden Plane
In this introduction, Paul shows a few of the types of plane that you can make by following this series, and walks you through a few ways of getting your stock prepared.
