For those seeking perfect curls from their hand plane, this quick tip is for you! We'll show you how to properly set up your wood plane, focusing on the chip...

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A vintage Stanley Bedrock model, even unrestored, will cost you more than a new TayTools version. Vintage planes are only good if you know how to properly restore and tune one. A new woodworker who has never used a good plane has no idea how one is supposed to feel. I have seen many folks "restore" planes, only to put them on a shelf because they still don't work properly. I used to blame them for that. Rob Cosman was the one who helped me see things differently. He said when he put a premium plane in a student's hands, the difference was night and day. After they had experience with a good plane, they were more equipped to go the "vintage" router for their next one.

In this video Paul Sellers shows how to make a simple shooting board from pine. This is an important piece of equipment for woodworking in the hand tool shop as it allows you to make sure the end of a board is either exactly square or exactly forty-five degrees. It also allows you to plane the end of a board straight across without 'break-out' on the far side.

At 1:47 the middle measurement should be 12 1/2" or 320mm. Sorry for the confusion.

In this short video, furniture maker Garrett Hack explains how a handplane cuts as well as a number of other aspects of the tool.

• Tighten the throat!
• Low angle - bevel up