Traditional Wooden Handplanes

Author and woodworking instructor Scott Wynn shows you how to make, modify, restore and use antique planes in this guide for today’s woodworkers. He reveals how traditional wood planes work, how to set up a flea market find and how to tune up a new plane for peak performance.

You’ll learn about the different types and how to use them to their best advantage, which blade angles are best, which steel to use and how to make your own set using modern techniques that simplify construction.

Softcover, 204 pages, 2018.