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.
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.
In this episode, Paul walks us through the selection, cutting and planing of stock. He then marks out and chops the stopped housing dado joints on the top piece of the bookshelves using a few different techniques.
Join us as we take our housing joints to the next level by making a Shaker inspired bookcase. It will also include a mortice and tenon back frame and a few options in some of the construction details.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In this final episode, Paul takes us through some of the refinements that can be made to the seat, including an optional shaped upstand at the back of the seat. He finishes off by showing how to secure the top to the legs of the bench stool.
In this episode, Paul shows us the various methods that can be used for carving the seat. He brings in the bandsaw to show how it can be used to remove the bulk of the material, and goes on to do the whole process by hand with a gouge, a purpose made small compass plane and a curved scraper.
In this episode, Paul glues up the frame, using wedges to apply even pressure. He then glues up the top of the seat in preparation for the shaping.