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Some examples I have learned and experienced (credit to Paul Sellers mostly):
1. When adjusting a plane laterally, the sound of the shaving on each side gives a good indication of the thickness of the shaving. It’s actually better than relying just on sight judging of shaving thickness.
2. When planing, the plane lets you feel and hear which areas are cutting well and which will not produce a good surface with the current technique/setup.
3. When crosscutting, the pitch of the sawing sound tells you how near you are to separating the components.
4. When squaring up wood, my eyes are becoming more attuned to when something is and isn’t square.
5. This is the most crazy sounding one, but I am convinced there is something in it:
When checking for squareness with a square, I have started to be able to hear as well as see the squareness. When the stock is already registered, a square will make a different sound depending how much of the blade engages with the surface being tested.