Discovering Japanese Handplanes

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Fast, efficient and effective, Japanese handplanes are attracting increasing notice among Western cabinetmakers, carpenters and woodworkers. These tools are meant to be used hard and produce excellent results rapidly.

Author and woodworking instructor Scott Wynn shows you how to choose, set up, maintain and use these versatile tools to achieve stunning results. Japanese blades are arguably the best in the world, and Wynn shares his methods for keeping those blades sharp before walking you through plane anatomy and traditional techniques. He then goes over various types of planes explaining their uses at each turn, including planes for joinery and shaping wood, and offers advice on setting up rabbet planes, side-rabbet planes, hollows and rounds.

Discover why this traditional tool has a home in your modern workshop with step-by-step instructions, full-color photos, detailed illustrations and clear diagrams.

Softcover, 144 pages, 2017.